Ecclesiastes 9:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not. 9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 ¶ Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
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    79%

    3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

    4¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    77%

    16For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.

    17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

    3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

  • Ps 115:17
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    17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

  • Eccl 1:11
    76%

    11[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.

  • Eccl 9:10
    75%

    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 8:10
    74%

    10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    74%

    9[As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

    10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

    22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.

    6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

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    16[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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

    8[There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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    72%

    12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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    9That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.

    10For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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    2[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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    9(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

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    48What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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    21Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

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  • Eccl 1:9
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    9¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.

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    21Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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    13¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

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    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

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    8But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.