Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no [more] lasting remembrance of the wise man than of the fool, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of earlier things,
Nor also of the later things that are to come;
There will be for them no remembrance
By generations who will come after them.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.

Exodus 1:6

Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation,

Exodus 1:8

Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph [nor the history of his accomplishments].

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 88:12

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I know that [in the end] one fate happens to them both.

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord [with awe-filled reverence] spoke to one another; and the Lord paid attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who fear the Lord [with an attitude of reverence and respect] and who esteem His name.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,

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