Ecclesiastes 6:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)

Luke 1:6

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

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Psalm 101:2

Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

Genesis 17:1

And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be perfect.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.