Ecclesiastes 7:2

God's Word

It is better to go to a funeral than to a banquet because that is where everyone will end up. Everyone who is alive should take this to heart!

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to number each of our days so that we may grow in wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

A wise person uses the eyes in his head, but a fool walks in the dark. But I have also come to realize that the same destiny waits for both of them.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Neither the wise person nor the fool will be remembered for long, since both will be forgotten in the days to come. Both the wise person and the fool will die.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Humans and animals have the same destiny. One dies just like the other. All of them have the same breath ⌞of life⌟. Humans have no advantage over animals. All ⌞of life⌟ is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 3:20

All ⌞life⌟ goes to the same place. All ⌞life⌟ comes from the ground, and all of it goes back to the ground.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if the rich person lives two thousand years without experiencing anything good—don’t we all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everything turns out the same way for everyone. All people will share the same destiny, whether they are righteous, wicked, or good, clean or unclean, whether they offer sacrifices or don’t offer sacrifices. Good people are treated like sinners. People who take oaths are treated like those who are afraid to take oaths.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the tragedy of everything that happens under the sun: Everyone shares the same destiny. Moreover, the hearts of mortals are full of evil. Madness is in their hearts while they are still alive. After that, they join the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, “I will always be a queen.” You didn’t carefully consider these things or keep in mind how they would end.

Jeremiah 16:8

“Don’t even go into a home where there is a banquet. Don’t sit with them to eat and drink.

Haggai 1:5

Now, this is what the Lord of Armies says: Carefully consider your ways!

Malachi 2:2

If you won’t listen and if you won’t consider giving honor to my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “then I’ll send a curse on you, and I’ll curse the blessings you give. Yes, I’ve already cursed them because you don’t carefully consider this.

Numbers 23:10

The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.”

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn. They will be comforted.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise enough to understand this and realize what will happen to them!

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Pay attention to all these warnings I’ve given you today. Then you will command your children to faithfully obey every word of these teachings.

Philippians 3:19

In the end they will be destroyed. Their own emotions are their god, and they take pride in the shameful things they do. Their minds are set on worldly things.

Hebrews 9:27

People die once, and after that they are judged.