Eccl.2.14

Ecclesiastes 2:14

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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.

The Wise and the Foolish

Cross References

1 John 2:11

KJV

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.

A New Commandment

Psalm 49:10

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For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

The Evanescence of Wealth

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Proverbs 17:24

KJV

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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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.

The Wise and the Foolish

Ecclesiastes 3:19

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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.

From Dust to Dust

Ecclesiastes 6:6

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¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

The Futility of Life

Ecclesiastes 7:2

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¶ 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.

The Value of Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 9:2

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All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Death Comes to Good and Bad

Ecclesiastes 9:3

KJV

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.