Ecclesiastes 9:5

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Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

Job 14:21

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

Isaiah 26:14

The dead do not live;
departed spirits do not rise up.
Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them;
You have wiped out all memory of them.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 8:10

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile.

Psalm 6:5

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of those who came before;
and of those who will come after
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.

Job 7:8-10

The eye of anyone who looks on me
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.

Psalm 88:10-12

Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah

Psalm 109:15

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

Isaiah 63:16

Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

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Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

The living

Ecclesiastes 7:2

Job 30:23

Hebrews 9:27

The dead

For the

Isaiah 26:14

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Isaiah 38:11

Bible References

The living

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death—
the place appointed for all who live.

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

The dead

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah

Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.

For the

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile.

The eye of anyone who looks on me
will no longer see me.
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

The dead do not live;
departed spirits do not rise up.
Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them;
You have wiped out all memory of them.

General references

So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

I said: I will never see the Lord,
the Lord in the land of the living;
I will not look on humanity any longer
with the inhabitants of what is passing away.