Psa 19:10, 49:10, Ecc 9:1-3, 11, 16 | ESV | STEP | More to be desired are they than gold , even much fine gold ; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb .

n[See ver. 2 above]

o ch. 1:17

p ch. 4:1, 7

q Amos 2:14, 15; [Rom. 9:16]

r[2 Chr. 20:15; Jer. 9:23]

s[1 Kgs. 22:34]

tSee ch. 2:14

uSee ch. 7:19

v[Mark 6:2, 3]

Psalms 19:10

10 More to be desired are they than ^agold,
even much ^bfine gold;
^csweeter also than honey
and drippings of ^dthe honeycomb.

Psalms 49:10

10 For he sees ^ethat even the wise die;
^fthe fool and the stupid alike must perish
and ^gleave their wealth to others.

Ecclesiastes 9:1-3

Death Comes to All

1 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, ^hhow the righteous and the wise and their deeds are ⁱin the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. 2 ^jIt is the same for all, since ^kthe same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and the evil} to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who ^mswears is as he who shuns an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that ⁿthe same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and ^omadness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Wisdom Better than Folly

11 ^pAgain I saw that under the sun ^qthe race is not to the swift, nor ^rthe battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and ^schance ^thappen to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

16 But I say that ^uwisdom is better than might, though ^vthe poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.