Ecclesiastes 6:8

What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?

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In The King James Version

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

In Context

7Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.

9It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.

Luke 1:6Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:8-11

The Insatiableness of Desire. 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 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. 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. The preacher here further shows the vanity and folly of… Read the whole commentary →

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