Ecclesiastes 2:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of those who   came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no remembrance by those who follow them.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

Exodus 1:8

A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once #– #and after this, judgement   #– #

Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance  was written before him for those who feared the Lord and had high regard for his name.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool?  What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

2 Samuel 3:33

and the king sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Exodus 1:6

Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation eventually died.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, ‘What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ’  And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,  and they were praised  in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now a poor wise man was found in the city,  and he delivered the city by his wisdom.  Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.