"For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?"
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And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?