Ecclesiastes 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."
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- Psalms 49:10
"For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:24
"Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 9:11
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 9:1
"For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them."
Read in chapter → - 1 John 2:11
"But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 3:19
"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 7:2
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 9:16
"Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 8:1
"Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:2
"A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left."
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