Ecclesiastes 9:5
For, the living, knew that they should die,—but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory.
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2 Samuel 14:14For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again,—therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.
Job 14:21His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.
Psalms 6:5For, in death, is no remembrance of thee,—In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee?
Psalms 88:13But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is, no remembrance, of the thing before,—nor, even of the things after, which shall be, will there be any remembrance, with them who shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 7:2Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men,—and, the living, should take 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 →