Ecclesiastes 2:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Whether people are wise or foolish, they will still die, and no one will remember either one of them forever. In the future, people will forget everything both of them did. So the two are really the same.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:11

People don’t remember what happened long ago. In the future, they will not remember what is happening now. And later, other people will not remember what the people before them did.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. They have no more reward. People will soon forget them.

Psalm 88:12

The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do. Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.

Exodus 1:8

Then a new king began to rule Egypt. He did not know Joseph.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once. Then they are judged.

Malachi 3:16

Then the Lord’s followers spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to them. There is a book in front of him. In that book are the names of his followers. They are the people who honor the Lord’s name.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

In the same way a wise person is no better than a fool is. It is better to be a poor person who knows how to accept life as it is.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people use their minds like eyes to see where they are going. But for fools, it is as if they are walking in the dark. I also saw that fools and wise people both end the same way.

Psalm 103:16

but when the hot wind blows, it dies. Soon, you cannot even see where the flower was.

Psalm 49:10

Look, the wise die the same as fools and stupid people. They die and leave their wealth to others.

2 Samuel 3:33

King David sang this sad song at Abner’s funeral: “Did Abner die like some foolish criminal?

Exodus 1:6

Later, Joseph, his brothers, and all the people of that generation died.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “The same thing that happens to a fool will also happen to me. So why have I tried so hard to become wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a funeral than to a party, because everyone must die, and the living need to remember this.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I also saw great and beautiful funerals for evil people. While the people were going home after the funeral services, they said good things about the evil people who had died. This happened even in the same towns where the evil people had done many bad things. This is senseless.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

But there was a wise man in that town. He was poor, but he used his wisdom to save his town. After everything was finished, the people forgot about the poor man.

Proverbs 14:8

Wisdom lets smart people know what they are doing, but stupid people only think they know.