Ecclesiastes 2:14
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.
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In Context
13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage has the wise man more than the fool? What has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man and to the clean man and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man,
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 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… Read the whole commentary →