Ecclesiastes 9:5
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5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten.
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Isaiah 26:14
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14 They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
Ecclesiastes 1:11
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11 There is no (A)remembrance of former things,[a]
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things[b] yet to be
among those who come after.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or former people
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or later people
Psalm 6:5
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5 For in (A)death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
Psalm 88:10-12
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10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
(A)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your (B)wonders known in (C)the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of (D)forgetfulness?
Job 14:21
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21 His sons come to honor, and he (A)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Hebrews 9:27
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27 And just as (A)it is appointed for man to die once, and (B)after that comes judgment,
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Ecclesiastes 2:16
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16 For of the wise as of the fool there is (A)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. (B)How the wise dies just like the fool!
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Psalm 109:15
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15 (A)Let them be before the Lord continually,
that he may (B)cut off the memory of them from the earth!
Ecclesiastes 8:10
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Those Who Fear God Will Do Well
10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (A)the holy place and were (B)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[b]
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)
Isaiah 63:16
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16 For (A)you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
(B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
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2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will (A)lay it to heart.
Job 7:8-10
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Job 30:23
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