Ecclesiastes 2:14
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.
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 8:1 says wisdom makes the face shine, reinforcing the wise man’s clarity of sight from 2:14.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 expands on the same fate for wise and fool from 2:14, emphasizing all are in God’s hand.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 places the wise man’s heart at his right hand, a parallel metaphor for discernment versus the fool’s darkness.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 expands the common destiny from wise/fool to all people, directly reinforcing the same-fate conclusion of Ecclesiastes 2:14.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 questions the advantage of wisdom over folly, expanding on the theme of wisdom's limited benefit from Ecclesiastes 2:14.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 depicts the fool’s lack of wisdom in action, corresponding to the fool walking in darkness here.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 also reflects on wisdom's value but notes it can be despised, echoing the limitation of wisdom from Ecclesiastes 2:14.
Psalm 49:10 explicitly states that wise and foolish alike perish, directly reinforcing the same-fate theme of Ecclesiastes 2:14.
Proverbs 17:24 directly parallels the wise man’s sight and the fool’s wandering eyes, matching the imagery of 2:14.
Psalm 82:5 uses the same 'walk in darkness' imagery for ignorance, paralleling the wise/fool contrast in Ecclesiastes 2:14.
Proverbs 14:8 contrasts the prudent’s understanding with fools’ deceit, echoing the wise vs fool theme from 2:14.
1 John 2:11 describes walking in darkness from hatred, using the same metaphor for the fool’s blindness here.