Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 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.
  • Ps 88:12 : 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Ps 103:16 : 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
  • Exod 1:6 : 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
  • Exod 1:8 : 8 ¶ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
  • 2 Sam 3:33 : 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: