Ecclesiastes 6:8

The Scriptures 2009

For what advantage has the wise over the fool? What advantage does the poor have who knows how to walk before the living?

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

And it came to be when Aḇram was ninety-nine years old, that יהוה appeared to Aḇram and said to him, “I am Ěl Shaddai – walk before Me and be perfect.

Psalm 101:2

I act wisely in a perfect way. When do You come to me? I walk in the midst of my house with a perfect heart.

Psalm 116:9

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

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor walking in his integrity Than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 5:11

With the increase of goods, there is an increase of those consuming them. What advantage then is there to their owners, but to look on?

Ecclesiastes 6:9

What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before Elohim, blamelessly walking in all the commands and righteousnesses of יהוה.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,