Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
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For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
That there is no remembrance to the wise--with the fool--to the age, for that which <FI>is<Fi> already, <FI>in<Fi> the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
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And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to …
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with …
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that …
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more …