Ecclesiastes 2:16
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
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- Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
- Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
- Ps 88:12 : 12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- Ps 103:16 : 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
- Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
- Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
- Exod 1:6 : 6 Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
- Exod 1:8 : 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
- 2 Sam 3:33 : 33 The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
- Ps 49:10 : 10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- Heb 9:27 : 27 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
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- Eccl 2:11-155 verses84%
11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
15 Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
- Eccl 2:17-226 verses81%
17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
18 I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
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10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
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16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
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5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
- Eccl 8:16-172 verses76%
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
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14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses76%
11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 3:19-202 verses75%
19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
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8 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "All is vanity!"
- Eccl 1:17-182 verses74%
17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
- Eccl 9:15-162 verses74%
15 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
- Eccl 1:2-32 verses74%
2 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
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8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
- Eccl 4:2-32 verses73%
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes 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.
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
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1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
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7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
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3 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
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2 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
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13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
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10 Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
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20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
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16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.