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 former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.
Exodus 1:6
Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.
Psalm 88:12
Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalm 103:16
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.
How
Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Psalm 49:10
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,