Ecclesiastes 6:8

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

Psalm 116:9

I will walk before LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 101:2

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty, walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.