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?
What hath the wise
Bible References
What hath the wise
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness -- and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
The poor
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
Psalm 101:2
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
Psalm 116:9
I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;