Ecclesiastes 8:10
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10 I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised[a] in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.
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- 8:10 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version; many Hebrew manuscripts read and are forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
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5 The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.
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Ecclesiastes 2:16
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16 For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.
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Proverbs 10:7
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7 We have happy memories of the godly,
but the name of a wicked person rots away.
Hebrews 10:38
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38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]
Acts 6:13
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13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
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Luke 16:22
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22 “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet.[a] The rich man also died and was buried,
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- 16:22 Greek to Abraham’s bosom.
Jeremiah 17:13
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13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who turn away from you will be disgraced.
They will be buried in the dust of the earth,
for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Ecclesiastes 1:11
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11 We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
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Psalm 122:1-5
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Psalm 122
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 And now here we are,
standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is a well-built city;
its seamless walls cannot be breached.
4 All the tribes of Israel—the Lord’s people—
make their pilgrimage here.
They come to give thanks to the name of the Lord,
as the law requires of Israel.
5 Here stand the thrones where judgment is given,
the thrones of the dynasty of David.
Psalm 31:12
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12 I am ignored as if I were dead,
as if I were a broken pot.
Job 21:32-33
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32 When they are carried to the grave,
an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.
33 A great funeral procession goes to the cemetery.
Many pay their respects as the body is laid to rest,
and the earth gives sweet repose.
Job 21:18
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18 Are they driven before the wind like straw?
Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?
Not at all!
2 Kings 9:34-35
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34 Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Afterward he said, “Someone go and bury this cursed woman, for she is the daughter of a king.” 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet, and her hands.
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