Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
Cross References
Job 14:21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Psalm 88:12
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 8:10
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who had come and gone from the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 9:4
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Isaiah 26:14
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the living

Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

the dead

Job 14:21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Psalm 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

Psalm 88:10, 11
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah . . .

Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

for the

Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 8:10
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who had come and gone from the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

Job 7:8-10
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. . . .

Psalm 109:15
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

Isaiah 26:14
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

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