Ecclesiastes 6:8
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
In other translations
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588מַה־mah-what?H4100יּוֹתֵרyoteradvantageH3148לֶחָכָםlechakham[belongs] to the wise personH2450מִן־min-more thanH4480הַכְּסִילhakesilthe foolH3684מַה־mah-what?H4100לֶּעָנִיle'ani[belongs] to the poor [person]H6041יוֹדֵעַyodea'[who] knowsH3045לַהֲלֹךְlahalokhto walkH1980נֶגֶדnegedbeforeH5048הַחַיִּים׃hachaiyimthe livingH2416
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Related verses
- Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14-1614 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.14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. 15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile. 16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 5:11When 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?When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Psalm 116:9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- Genesis 17:1And 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.When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Psalm 101:2I 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.I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- 1 Timothy 6:17Charge 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;Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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