Ecclesiastes 8:10

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Summary

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

So

2 Kings 9:34

Job 21:18

Luke 16:22

The place

Psalm 122:1

Acts 6:13

They were

Bible References

So

And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

The place

I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

They were

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.