Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 49:10 (7 votes) and Proverbs 17:24 (6 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Exodus 10 to 1 John 2.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:14 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 49:107 votes
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Proverbs 17:246 votes
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 9:114 votes
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Ecclesiastes 3:193 votes
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1–33 votes
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow. …
- 1 John 2:113 votes
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- Psalm 19:102 votes
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Proverbs 14:82 votes
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Ecclesiastes 6:62 votes
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
- Ecclesiastes 7:22 votes
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:162 votes
- Ecclesiastes 10:2–32 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:14?
The 10 strongest of 15.