Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

Bible References

There is

Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of the former generations ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.
Exodus 1:6
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Psalm 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalm 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.
Malachi 3:16
Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

How

Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
Psalm 49:10
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Hebrews 9:27
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

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