For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool! Cross References Psalm 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those to come will not be remembered by those who follow after. Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both. Ecclesiastes 2:15 So I said to myself, "The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?" And I said to myself that this too is futile. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who had come and gone from the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. Chapter Outline 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift Jump to Previous Ago Alike Already Death Die Dies Dieth Enduring Fool Forgotten Inasmuch Indeed Lasting Memory Remembered Remembrance WiseJump to Next Ago Alike Already Death Die Dies Dieth Enduring Fool Forgotten Inasmuch Indeed Lasting Memory Remembered Remembrance Wise |
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