Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die; but the dead know not the least; nor have they longer any reward; for their memory is forgotten.
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2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.
Job 14:21His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
Psalms 6:5(6:6) For in death men do not remember thee: in the nether world, who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 88:13(88:14) Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Ecclesiastes 1:11[Only] there is no recollection of former [generations]; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these [likewise] there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.
Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; inasmuch as that is the end of all men: and let the living 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 →