Ecclesiastes 6:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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?

Cross References

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant  or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,  who richly provides us with all things  to enjoy.

Luke 1:6

Both were righteous in God’s sight,  living blamelessly  according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze at them with his eyes?

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty.  Live  in my presence and be blameless.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,