Ecclesiastes 2:14 (WEB)
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.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“Consider now why this is done, for “the eyes of a wise man are in his head;” therefore the ointment flows down to the beard, that is to say, to the beauty of youth; and therefore, Aaron’s beard, that we, too, may become a chosen race,…” — editor's note: Eccles. ii. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…also, that though wisdom excelleth folly as light excelleth darkness, and though the eyes of the wise man are in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness, yet one event happeneth to them all, that is to say, in this life under the sun, unquestionably alluding to those evils which we see befall good and bad men…” — editor's note: Eccles. ii. 13, 14.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in The City of God XX.3.
Cited together in The City of God XX.3.
Cited together in The City of God XX.3.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 6.
Cited together in The City of God XX.3.
Cited together in The City of God XX.3.