Ecclesiastes 2:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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  • Prov 17:24 : 24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • Eccl 3:19 : 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
  • Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 ¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them. 2 All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath. 3 This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Eccl 10:2-3 : 2 A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.
  • Eccl 6:6 : 6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
  • Eccl 8:1 : 1 ¶ Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

    13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

  • Eccl 2:15-16
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    15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.

    16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

    9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2 A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

    18 For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 ¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13 ¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

    17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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    25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

  • Eccl 2:3
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    3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3 This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

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    11 ¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1 ¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
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    73%

    14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8 But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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    12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14 ¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    23 ¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

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    1 ¶ Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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    9 ¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
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    20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.