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. Cross References 1 John 2:11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Psalm 49:10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. Proverbs 17:24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool! Ecclesiastes 3:19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other--they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. Ecclesiastes 6:6 if he lives a thousand years twice over, but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place? Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. Ecclesiastes 9:2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow. Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead. Chapter Outline 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift Jump to Previous Befalls Dark Darkness Event Eyes Fate Fool Goes Happeneth Happens Head Overtakes Perceived Realize Walketh Walking Walks WiseJump to Next Befalls Dark Darkness Event Eyes Fate Fool Goes Happeneth Happens Head Overtakes Perceived Realize Walketh Walking Walks Wise |
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