Ecclesiastes 2:16

New King James Version

For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool!

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 88:12

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

Exodus 1:8

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

Hebrews 9:27

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

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, But the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived That the same event happens to them all.

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 49:10

For he sees wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, And leave their wealth to others.

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: “Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Exodus 1:6

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

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, It also happens to me, And why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 7:2

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 take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.