Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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- Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Ps 101:2 : 2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
- Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
- Eccl 2:14-16 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
- Eccl 5:11 : 11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
- Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
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- Eccl 2:11-166 verses81%
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
- Eccl 6:9-124 verses80%
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
10 Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 6:5-73 verses79%
5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is 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.
- Eccl 2:21-222 verses77%
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?
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21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, But a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
- Eccl 2:25-262 verses75%
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Eccl 10:14-152 verses74%
14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
- Eccl 8:16-172 verses74%
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.
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10 For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.
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8 Vanity of vanities, says 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 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; But the poor who has understanding sees through him.
- Eccl 6:1-22 verses74%
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats 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 folly of fools crowns them with folly.
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3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, Than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has 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 who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
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24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
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16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
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16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
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1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
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7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?