Ecclesiastes 2:14 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:14

14: For the wise person sees, while the fool is blind. Yet I saw that wise and foolish people share the same fate.

Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

I have observed something else in this world of ours. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise are often poor, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being at the right place at the right time.

This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether or not God will show them favor in this life.
The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether they are righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who take oaths are treated like people who don't.
It seems so tragic that one fate comes to all. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.

For humans and animals both breathe the same air, and both die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

Anyone who hates a Christian brother or sister is living and walking in darkness. Such a person is lost, having been blinded by the darkness.

He might live a thousand years twice over but not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else--well, what's the use?

Then I realized that though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.

It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.

They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb.

How wonderful to be wise, to be able to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a person's face, softening its hardness.

The hearts of the wise lead them to do right, and the hearts of the foolish lead them to do evil.
You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street!

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