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Ecc 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

there is		Ecc 1:11; Exd 1:6,8; Psa 88:12; Psa 103:16; Mal 3:16
how		Ecc 6:8; 2Sa 3:33; Psa 49:10; Hbr 9:27

Correlating Passages

there is

	Ecc 1:11	[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
	Exd 1:6	And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
	Exd 1:8	Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
	Psa 88:12	Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
	Psa 103:16	For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
	Mal 3:16	Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

how

	Ecc 6:8	For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
	2Sa 3:33	And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
	Psa 49:10	For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
	Hbr 9:27	And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 2:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/2/16.html>.

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