Ecclesiastes 6:8

What hath a wijs man more than a fool? and what hath a pore man, no but that he go thidur, where is lijf?

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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

7Al the trauel of a man is in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis.

9It is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, that thou knowist not; but also this is vanyte, and presumpcioun of spirit.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1Forsothe aftir that Abram bigan to be of nynti yeer and nyne, the Lord apperide to hym, and seide to him, Y am Almyyti God; go thou bifore me, and be thou perfit;

Ecclesiastes 2:14The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.

Luke 1:6And bothe weren iust bifor God, goynge in alle the maundementis and iustifiyngis of the Lord, withouten pleynt.

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