And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 - King James 2000 For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, who knows to walk before the living? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men's eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]? American Standard Version (1901) For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living? Common English Bible What advantage do the wise have over the foolish? Or what do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living? Catholic Public Domain Version What do the wise have which is more than the foolish? And what does the pauper have, except to continue on to that place, where there is life? 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? |
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: so what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;