Ecclesiastes 6:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 6:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 6:8 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 — KJV
“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”
— Ecclesiastes 6:8 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 6:8 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 6:8
“Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. who...: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 6:8: wise, more, than
“A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 6:8: wise, more, than
“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”
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“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”
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“And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 6:8: hath, more, than
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