Ecclesiastes 2:16
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will long ago have been forgotten. And how must the wise man die even as the fool!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Psalms 49:10(49-11) For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 103:16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?
Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him, for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →