Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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- Gen 17:1 : 1 ¶ And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- Prov 19:1 : 1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- Eccl 2:14-16 : 14 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. 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.
- Eccl 5:11 : 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
- Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
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.
14 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.
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.
- Eccl 6:9-124 verses80%
9 Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 6:5-73 verses79%
5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 ¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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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.
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16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
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21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
26 For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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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.
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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].
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8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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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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8 ¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
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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.
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17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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11 ¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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1 ¶ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
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24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
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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.
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6 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
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3 Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
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8 There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
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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.
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16 And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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12 ¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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16 [There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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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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7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?