Ecclesiastes 8:10

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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.

Proverbs 10:7

Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but evil people will soon be forgotten.

Hebrews 10:38

Those who are right with me will live by faith. But if they turn back with fear, I will not be pleased with them.”

Acts 6:13

They brought in some people to tell lies about Stephen, saying, “This man is always speaking against this holy place and the law of Moses.

Luke 16:22

Later, Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.

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.

Psalm 31:12

I am like a piece of a broken pot. I am forgotten as if I were dead.

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw in the wind or like chaff that is blown away by a storm?

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.