Ecclesiastes 7:2

Easy To Read Version

It is even better to go to a funeral\par than to a party.\par Why? Because all people must die,\par and every person alive\par should accept this.\par

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

Teach us how short our lives really are,\par so we can become really wise.\par

Ecclesiastes 2:14

It is like this: A wise man uses his mind like eyes to see where he is going. But a fool is like someone walking in the dark.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

The wise man and the foolish person will both die! And people will not remember either the wise man or the foolish person forever. In the future, people will forget everything they did. So both the wise man and the foolish person are really the same.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Is a man better than an animal? \{No!\} Why? Because everything is useless. The same thing happens to animals and to people—they die. People and animals have the same “breath.” {\cf2\super [19]} Is a dead animal different from a dead person?

Ecclesiastes 3:20

The bodies of people and animals end the same way. They came from the earth, and in the end they will go back to the earth.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

That man might live 2,000 years. But if he does not enjoy life, then the baby that was born dead has found the easiest way to the same end. {\cf2\super [28]}

Ecclesiastes 9:2

But, there is one thing that happens to everyone—we all die! Death comes to good people and bad people. Death comes to people that are pure and to people that are not pure. Death comes to people that give sacrifices {\cf2\super [35]} and to people that do not give sacrifices. A good man will die just like a sinner. A person that makes special promises to God will die just like a person that is afraid to make those promises.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Of all the things that happen in this life, the worst thing is that all people end the same way. But it is also very bad that people always think evil and foolish thoughts. And those thoughts lead to death.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

Living people know that they will die. But dead people don’t know anything. Dead people have no more reward. People will soon forget them.

Isaiah 47:7

You said,\par ‘I will live forever.\par I will always be The Queen.’\par You didn’t even notice the bad things\par you did to those people.\par You didn’t think about what would happen.\par

Jeremiah 16:8

“Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where the people are having a party. Don’t go into that house and sit down to eat and drink.

Haggai 1:5

Now, the Lord All-Powerful says, ‘Think about what is happening!

Malachi 2:2

If you don’t respect my name, then bad things will happen to you. You will say blessings, {\cf2\super [9]} but they will become curses. {\cf2\super [10]} I will make bad things happen because you don’t show respect for my name!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count Jacob’s people? They are as many as the grains of dust. No one can count even a fourth of the people of Israel. Let me die like a good man. Let my life end as happy as theirs!

Matthew 5:4

What great blessings there are for the people that are sad now!\par God will comfort them.\par

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, they would understand, they would know what would happen to them!

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “You must be sure to pay attention to all the commands I tell you today. And you must tell your children to completely obey the commands in this Law.

Philippians 3:19

The way these people live is leading them to destruction. They don’t serve God. Those people live only to please themselves. They do shameful things, and they are proud of those things. They think only about earthly things.

Hebrews 9:27

Every person must die once. After a person dies, he is judged.