Ecclesiastes 2:14

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

Cross References

Psalm 49:10

For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

1 John 2:11

But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth; because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

Ecclesiastes 8:1

The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

Psalm 49:11

I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?