Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13I saw, indeed, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, As well as the foolish and the ignorant; They perish alike, And leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is in giving heed to his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth how to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise man, and who knoweth the explanation of a thing? A man's wisdom brighteneth his countenance, and the harshness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 9:2All [[cometh to them]] as to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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 →