Ecclesiastes 2:14

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 (13)

  • Psalms 49:10 (7)

    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 (6)

    Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:11 (4)

    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to

  • Ecclesiastes 3:19 (3)

    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

  • Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 (3)

    So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. M

  • 1 John 2:11 (3)

    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because

  • Proverbs 14:8 (2)

    The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

  • Psalms 19:10 (2)

    They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:16 (2)

    And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

  • Ecclesiastes 8:1 (2)

    Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness

  • Ecclesiastes 6:6 (2)

    even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

  • Ecclesiastes 10:2–3 (2)

    A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:2 (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