Ecclesiastes 6:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life?

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: "I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.

Psalm 101:2

O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor who walks in his simplicity, than the rich who twists his lips and is unwise.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.

Luke 1:6

Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,