Ecclesiastes 6:8

New International Version

What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.

Psalm 101:2

I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.

Psalm 116:9

that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.