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.
KJV
Hebrew original
הֶֽ/חָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣י/ו בְּ/רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ וְ/הַ/כְּסִ֖יל בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְ/יָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם אָ֔נִי שֶׁ/מִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת כֻּלָּֽ/ם
Louis Segond 1910
le sage a ses yeux à la tête, et l'insensé marche dans les ténèbres. Mais j'ai reconnu aussi qu'ils ont l'un et l'autre un même sort.
KJV
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.
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
elsewhere: The eyes of the wise are in his head, meaning understanding in the heart of the prudent. Ecclesiastes 2:14. And in a negative sense; in the Gospel: If your eye is evil. Matthew 6:23. Ears, faithful obedience. In the Gospel: And your ears that hear. Matthew 13:16. Nostr…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
se says (De Sacram. iii), his head is anointed, because "the senses of a wise man are in his head" ( Eccl 2:14 ): to wit, that he may "be ready to satisfy everyone that asketh" him to give "a reason of his faith" (cf. 1 Pet. 3:15 ; Innocent III, Decretal on Holy Unction). Reply t…
Ambrose of Milan
NPNF2-10. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters
21:1 22:28 23:1 23:13 24:7 24:11 24:30 25:18 26:4 27:6 27:6 27:6 27:10 27:16 30:5 30:18-19 31:21-22 Ecclesiastes 2:14 3:1 3:7 4:2 7:2 7:4 7:17 12:14 12:14 24:5 Song of Solomon 1:1 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2-3 1:2-3 1:3 1:3 1:3-4 1:4 1:5 2:1 2:1-2 2:3 2:15 3:4 3:6 3:7-8 3:16 4:1 4:1 4:2-…
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