Ecclesiastes 2:14

New Century Version

Wise people see where they are going, but fools walk around in the dark. Yet I saw that both wise and foolish people end the same way.

Cross References

Psalm 19:10

They are worth more than gold, even the purest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the finest honey.

Psalm 49:10

See, even wise people die. Fools and stupid people also die and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 49:11

Their graves will always be their homes. They will live there from now on, even though they named places after themselves.

Proverbs 14:8

A wise person will understand what to do, but a foolish person is dishonest.

Proverbs 17:24

The person with understanding is always looking for wisdom, but the mind of a fool wanders everywhere.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

The wise person and the fool will both die, and no one will remember either one for long. In the future, both will be forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

The same thing happens to animals and to people; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People are no better off than the animals, because everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if he lives two thousand years, he doesn’t enjoy the good God gives him. Everyone is going to the same place.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

In this way a wise person is no better off than a fool. Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a funeral than to a party. We all must die, and everyone living should think about this.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

No one is like the wise person who can understand what things mean. Wisdom brings happiness; it makes sad faces happy.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw something else here on earth: The fastest runner does not always win the race, the strongest soldier does not always win the battle, the wisest does not always have food, the smartest does not always become wealthy, and the talented one does not always receive praise. Time and chance happen to everyone.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

I still think wisdom is better than strength. But those people forgot about the poor man’s wisdom and stopped listening to what he said.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates a brother or sister is in darkness, lives in darkness, and does not know where to go, because the darkness has made that person blind.