Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
The dead
General references
Bible References
The living
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. That is the end for all men and the living takes it to heart.
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
Hebrews 9:27
It is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:
The dead
Job 14:21
His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.
Psalm 6:5
No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave?
Psalm 88:10
Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you?
Isaiah 63:16
You are our Father. Even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not pay attention to us, O Jehovah, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.
For the
Ecclesiastes 2:16
Neither the wise man nor the foolish man will be remembered for long. All that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. Death comes to both the wise and the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
I saw the wicked buried, those who had come and gone out of the holy place. They were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
Job 7:8
You see me now but not for long. Your eyes will be on me but I will be dead.
Psalm 109:15
Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth,
Isaiah 26:14
They are now dead and they live no more. The deceased do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin. You wiped out all memory (memorial) (commemoration) of them.
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:2
I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Isaiah 38:11
I thought that I would not see Jehovah in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.