Ecclesiastes 6:8
King James Version
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Ecclesiastes 6:8
New International Version
8 What advantage have the wise over fools?(A)
What do the poor gain
by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
King James Version
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.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 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.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
New International Version
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.(A)
15 Then I said to myself,
Proverbs 19:1
King James Version
19 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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Proverbs 19:1
New International Version
19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)
1 Timothy 6:17
King James Version
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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1 Timothy 6:17
New International Version
17 Command those who are rich(A) in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,(B) which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,(C) who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(D)
Luke 1:6
King James Version
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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Luke 1:6
New International Version
6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:11
King James Version
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
New International Version
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
Psalm 116:9
King James Version
9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
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Psalm 116:9
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Psalm 101:2
King James Version
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
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Psalm 101:2
New International Version
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life(A)—
when will you come to me?
I will conduct the affairs(B) of my house
with a blameless heart.
Genesis 17:1
King James Version
17 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Genesis 17:1
New International Version
The Covenant of Circumcision
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,(A) the Lord appeared to him(B) and said, “I am God Almighty[a];(C) walk before me faithfully and be blameless.(D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai
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