For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?


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Proverbs 28 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs 17 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 2 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Proverbs 26 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 17 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 13 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Ecclesiastes 2 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.
Ecclesiastes 2 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.
Ecclesiastes 10 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Proverbs 8 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Ephesians 5 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Proverbs 28 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Jeremiah 5 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Proverbs 19 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
2 Corinthians 11 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Jeremiah 8 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Ezekiel 28 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Proverbs 12 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 29 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Psalms 37 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 21 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 6 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 9 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 26 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Luke 18 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Hosea 14 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Proverbs 14 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
1 Corinthians 3 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Mark 14 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 2 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.
Jeremiah 4 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 18 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 7 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
1 Corinthians 3 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Isaiah 5 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!