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

He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, "Dispose of this accursed woman's corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king's daughter."

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.

The place

A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord's temple."

They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

They were

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies -- just like the fool!

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward -- and even the memory of them disappears.

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.