Ecclesiastes 8:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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.

Proverbs 10:7

Good people leave memories that bless us, but the wicked are soon forgotten.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who is right with me will live by trusting in me. But I will not be pleased with the one who turns back in fear.” Habakkuk 2:3-4 (Greek version)

Acts 6:13

The Jews brought some men into the meeting to tell lies about Stephen. These men said, “This man is always saying things against this holy place and against the Law of Moses.

Luke 16:22

“Later, Lazarus died. The angels took him and placed him in the arms of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel. You are like a spring of living water. Those who stop following the Lord will have a very short life.

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.

Psalm 31:12

People want to forget me like someone already dead, thrown away like a broken dish.

Job 21:18

Does God blow them away, as the wind blows straw or as strong winds blow the grain husks?

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.