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 can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When prosperity increases, those who consume it increase. {So its owner gains nothing, except to see his wealth before it is spent}.

The poor

Genesis 17:1
When Abram [was] ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, "I [am] El-Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless
Psalm 101:2
I will give attention to [the] way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.
Psalm 116:9
I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
Proverbs 19:1
Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.
Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,