Ecclesiastes 2:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?

Psalm 103:16

The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Psalm 88:12

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

Exodus 1:6

Then Joseph came to his end, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

Exodus 1:8

Now a new king came to power in Egypt, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

Malachi 3:16

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

Hebrews 9:27

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;