Ecclesiastes 9:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:14

The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them; you have wiped out all memory of them.

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.

Hebrews 9:27

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

Job 14:21

If his sons receive honour, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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?

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.

Isaiah 63:16

Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognise us. You, Lord, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.

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.

Job 30:23

Yes, I know that you will lead me to death – the place  appointed for all who live.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

But there is hope for whoever is joined  with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength,  because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom  in Sheol where you are going.

2 Samuel 14:14

We will certainly die  and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished.

Luke 20:32

Finally, the woman died too.