Ecclesiastes 6:8

New American Bible - revised edition

What profit have the wise compared to fools, or what profit have the lowly in knowing how to conduct themselves in life?

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said: I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.

Psalm 101:2

I study the way of integrity; when will you come to me? I act with integrity of heart within my household.

Psalm 116:9

I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

Sleep is sweet to the laborer, whether there is little or much to eat; but the abundance of the rich allows them no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

“What the eyes see is better than what the desires wander after.” This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Luke 1:6

Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.