Ecclesiastes 2:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

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  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.
  • Ps 88:12 : 12 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
  • Ps 103:16 : 16 For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?
  • Exod 1:6 : 6 Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation.
  • Exod 1:8 : 8 Then there rose vp a newe King in Egypt, who knewe not Ioseph.
  • 2 Sam 3:33 : 33 And the King lamented ouer Abner, and sayde, Dyed Abner as a foole dyeth?
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then spake they that feared the Lorde, euery one to his neighbour, and the Lorde hearkened & heard it, and a booke of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought vpon his Name.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed vnto men that they shall once die, and after that commeth the iudgement:

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  • Eccl 2:11-15
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    84%

    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

    12And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)

    13Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.

    14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

    15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 2:17-22
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    81%

    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

    18I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

    20Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 6:8
    81%

    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Ps 49:10
    81%

    10For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.

  • Eccl 1:11
    79%

    11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

  • Eccl 4:16
    78%

    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    76%

    16When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • Eccl 10:14
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    14For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    76%

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 3:19-20
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    19For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

    20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

    18For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

  • Eccl 7:4
    74%

    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
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    74%

    15And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

    16Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Eccl 11:8
    73%

    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 6:6
    73%

    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 9:3
    73%

    3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 2:2
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    2I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10(7:12) Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? For thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And againe, The Lord knoweth that the thoughtes of the wise be vaine.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Prov 26:12
    71%

    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.