Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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2 Samuel 14:14We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.
Job 14:21Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.
Psalms 6:5Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.
Psalms 88:13Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end.
Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one's 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 →