OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 2:14

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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.

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Verse 14. Darkness and ignorance. He knows not whither he is going. Proverbs 4:19 and 17:24. Wisdom is to be preferred before wealth, and so forth Calmet.—Consideration directs a person to do good.—Alike. Thus worldlings speak, who reflect not on the life to come. Worthington.—In many respects all resemble one another, though their sentence be very different. Menochius.

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