Ecclesiastes 9:4
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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- Job 14:7-9 : 7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end. 8 Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust; 9 Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant. 10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he? 11 The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry; 12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
- Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
- Isa 38:18 : 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.
- Lam 3:21-22 : 21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope. 22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
- Luke 16:26-29 : 26 And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us. 27 And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house; 28 For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain. 29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
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- Eccl 9:5-62 verses79%
5 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.
6 Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
- Eccl 4:2-32 verses76%
2 So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
- Eccl 3:18-225 verses73%
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
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3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
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2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
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9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
- Eccl 9:9-102 verses70%
9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
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12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
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6 And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?
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48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
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7 For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
- Eccl 2:16-172 verses69%
16 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!
17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
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8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
- Eccl 4:15-162 verses68%
15 I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.
16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses68%
11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
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30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
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9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
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38 Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.
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15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
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14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
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3 If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
- Job 3:20-223 verses67%
20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
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6 For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
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12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
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15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
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24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
- Ps 49:18-192 verses66%
18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
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24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
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16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
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16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.
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5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
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12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?
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15 Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
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13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.