Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
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2 Samuel 14:14For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, neither does God take away life, but devises means that he who is banished be not an outcast from him.
Job 14:21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.
Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee. In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 88:13But to thee, O LORD, I have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee.
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of the former [things], nor shall there be any remembrance of the latter that are to come, among those who shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 7:2It 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.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11
The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 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. 6 Also 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. 7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink… Read the whole commentary →