Ecclesiastes 2:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes  roam to the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift,  or the battle to the strong,  or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother or sister  is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,  and doesn’t know where he’s going,  because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same.  As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength,  but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.’

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

And if a person lives for a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool?  What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?