Ecclesiastes 9:6
As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
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Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Matthew 2:20Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child`s life.
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 →