Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

What hath the wise

Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?

The poor

Genesis 17:1
Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him,
“I am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless.
Psalm 101:2
I will give heed to the blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
Psalm 116:9
I shall walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.