Ecclesiastes 9:5

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as it is appointed for humans to die once, and after that comes judgment,
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more. 9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return. 10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you. 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah. 12 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.

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    6Their love, their hatred, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a part in anything that happens under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
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    3This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

    4Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better than a dead lion!

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

    3But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Ps 6:5
    76%

    5Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • Ps 115:17
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    17The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

  • Eccl 1:11
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    11No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

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

  • Job 14:12
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    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.

    20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

    21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

    6Even if someone lives a thousand years twice over but does not enjoy their prosperity, do not all go to the same place?

  • Ps 88:5
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    5I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

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    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

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    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

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    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Job 8:9
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    9for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • Ps 89:48
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  • Ps 49:19
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    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

  • Job 14:10
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    10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?

  • Eccl 1:9
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  • Job 4:21
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    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

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    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

  • Isa 38:18
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    17Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

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    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.