Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecc 6:8 — For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

what hath the wise   Ecc 2:14-16; Ecc 5:11
the poor   Gen 17:1; Psa 101:2; Psa 116:9; Pro 19:1; Luk 1:6; 1Ti 6:17
Correlating Passages
what hath the wise
Ecc 2:14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecc 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
Ecc 2:16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
Ecc 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
the poor
Gen 17:1 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 thou perfect.
Psa 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Psa 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Pro 19:1 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Luk 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1Ti 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 6:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/6/8.html>.

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