Ecclesiastes 6:8
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
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what hath the wise

Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

the poor

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Psalm 101:2
I will ponder the way that is blameless--when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

Psalm 116:9
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

King James Bible
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

International Standard Version
For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?

NET Bible
So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
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