Ecclesiastes 8:10

God's Word

Then I saw wicked people given an ⌞honorable⌟ burial. They used to go in and out of the holy place. They were praised in the city for doing such things. Even this is pointless.

Cross References

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw in the wind or like husks that the storm sweeps away?

Psalm 31:12

I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery.

Proverbs 10:7

The name of a righteous person remains blessed, but the names of wicked people will rot away.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

Nothing from the past is remembered. Even in the future, nothing will be remembered by those who come after us.

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 9:15

A poor, wise person was found in that town. He saved the town using his wisdom. But no one remembered that poor person.

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.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.

Luke 16:22

“One day the beggar died, and the angels carried him to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Acts 6:13

Some witnesses stood up and lied about Stephen. They said, “This man never stops saying bad things about the holy place and Moses’ Teachings.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who has God’s approval will live by faith. But if he turns back, I will not be pleased with him.”