Ecclesiastes 2:14

A Conservative Version

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Cross References

Psalm 49:10

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoys no good, do not all go to one place?

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance forever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how the wise man dies even as the fool!

Psalm 49:11

Their inward thought is [that] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage has the wise man more than the fool? What has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?