Verse 16

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 1:11 : 11 No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.
• Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.
• Ps 88:12 : 12 Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
• Ps 103:16 : 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
• Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.
• Eccl 6:8 : 8 So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?
• Exod 1:6 : 6 and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died.
• Exod 1:8 : 8 Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.
• 2 Sam 3:33 : 33 The king chanted the following lament for Abner:“Should Abner have died like a fool?
• Ps 49:10 : 10 Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.
• Mal 3:16 : 16 Then those who respected the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the LORD and honored his name.
• Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,