Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Darby Translation

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

7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.

Psalms 116:9I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

Luke 1:6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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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