For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. Cross References Job 14:21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware. Psalm 88:12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after. Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool! Ecclesiastes 8:10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 9:4 There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom. Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them. Treasury of Scripture 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. the living Ecclesiastes 7:2 Job 30:23 Hebrews 9:27 the dead Job 14:21 Psalm 6:5 Psalm 88:10,11 for the Ecclesiastes 2:16 Ecclesiastes 8:10 Job 7:8-10 |