Ecclesiastes 9:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 26:14

Those dead lords will not come to life. Those ghosts will not rise from death. You decided to destroy them, and you destroyed everything that makes us think about them.

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 6:5

If I am dead, I cannot sing about you. Those in the grave don’t praise you.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once. Then they are judged.

Job 14:21

If their sons are honored, they will never know it. If their sons do wrong, they will never see it.

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.

Psalm 109:15

May the Lord remember their sins forever, and may he cause people to forget his family completely.

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.

Isaiah 63:16

Look, you are our father! Abraham does not know us. Israel does not recognize us. Lord, you are our father! You are the one who has always saved us!

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.

Job 30:23

I know you will lead me to my death, to that place where all the living must go.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

There is hope for those who are still alive—it does not matter who they are. But this saying is true: A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No one can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God does not force them to run away from him!

Psalm 88:13

Lord, I am asking you to help me! Early each morning I pray to you.

Luke 20:32

The woman was the last to die.