Ecclesiastes 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?”
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“What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 6:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Psalms 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Psalms 116:9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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