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 memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
Exodus 1:6
Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
Psalm 88:12
May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
Psalm 103:16
The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
Malachi 3:16
Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

How

Ecclesiastes 6:8
What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
2 Samuel 3:33
And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?
Psalm 49:10
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Hebrews 9:27
And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain