Ecclesiastes 7:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It's better to go to a funeral than to attend a feast; funerals remind us that we all must die.

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to use wisely all the time we have.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.”

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Like animals we breathe and die, and we are no better off than they are. It just doesn't make sense.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All living creatures go to the same place. We are made from earth, and we return to the earth.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

even if you live two thousand years and don't enjoy life. As you know, we all end up in the same place.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But exactly the same thing will finally happen to all of us, whether we live right and respect God or sin and don't respect God. Yes, the same thing will happen if we offer sacrifices to God or if we don't, if we keep our promises or break them.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

We know that we will die, but the dead don't know a thing. Nothing good will happen to them—they are gone and forgotten.

Isaiah 47:7

You thought that you would be queen for ever. You didn't care what you did; it never entered your mind that you might get caught.

Jeremiah 16:8

Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honour my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

Numbers 23:10

They are living alone in peace. And though they are many, they don't bother the other nations. “I hope to obey God for as long as I live and to die in such peace.”

Matthew 5:4

God blesses those people who grieve. They will find comfort!

Deuteronomy 32:29

If you did, you could see where you are headed.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said, “Always remember this song I have taught you today. And let it be a warning that you must teach your children to obey everything written in The Book of God's Law.

Philippians 3:19

that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and boast about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.

Hebrews 9:27

We die only once, and then we are judged.