Ecclesiastes 2:16

New Century Version

The wise person and the fool will both die, and no one will remember either one for long. In the future, both will be forgotten.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:33

King David sang this funeral song for Abner. “Did Abner die like a fool?

Psalm 103:16

After the wind blows, the flower is gone, and there is no sign of where it was.

Psalm 49:10

See, even wise people die. Fools and stupid people also die and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 88:12

Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness?

Exodus 1:6

Some time later, Joseph and his brothers died, along with all the people who had lived at that same time.

Exodus 1:8

Then a new king began to rule Egypt, who did not know who Joseph was.

Proverbs 14:8

A wise person will understand what to do, but a foolish person is dishonest.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

People don’t remember what happened long ago, and in the future people will not remember what happens now. Even later, other people will not remember what was done before them.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wise people see where they are going, but fools walk around in the dark. Yet I saw that both wise and foolish people end the same way.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “What happens to a fool will happen to me, too, so what is the reward for being wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”

Ecclesiastes 6:8

In this way a wise person is no better off than a fool. Then, too, it does a poor person little good to know how to get along in life.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a funeral than to a party. We all must die, and everyone living should think about this.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I saw the funerals of evil people who used to go in and out of the holy place. They were honored in the same towns where they had done evil. This is useless, too.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was a poor but wise man in the town who used his wisdom to save his town. But later on, everyone forgot about him.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know they will die, but the dead know nothing. Dead people have no more reward, and people forget them.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who honored the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened and heard them. The names of those who honored the Lord and respected him were written in his presence in a book to be remembered.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,