Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they themselves will die, yet truly the dead know nothing anymore, nor do they have any recompense. For the memory of them is forgotten.
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2 Samuel 14:14We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
Job 14:21Whether his sons have been noble or ignoble, he will not understand.
Psalms 6:5Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.
Psalms 88:13You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name.
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is better than precious ointments, and a day of death is better than a day of birth.
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 →