Ecclesiastes 2:16

Modern King James Version

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king mourned over Abner and said, Did Abner die like a fool dies?

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 88:12

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark, and Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Exodus 1:6

And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.

Exodus 1:8

And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the wise is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what has the wise more than the fool? What gain has the poor who knows how to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

And a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Malachi 3:16

Then those fearing Jehovah spoke together, each man to his neighbor. And Jehovah listened and heard. And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared Jehovah, and for those esteeming His name.

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,