Death Comes to All

Ecclesiastes 9

¹ For I ₁ considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: _a that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them. ² _b All things come alike to all:
One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the ₂ good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath. ³ This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. ⁴ But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. ⁵ For the living know that they will die;
But _c the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For _d the memory of them is forgotten. ⁶ Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 33:3
   Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; Everyone receives Your words.
   Job 12:10
   In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
   Ecclesiastes 8:14
   There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 3:17 - 19
   Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded ...
   Job 21:7
   Why do the wicked live and become old, Yes, bec...
   Psalms 73:3
   For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw t...
   Psalms 73:12
   Behold, these are the ungodly, Who are always a...
   Psalms 73:13
   Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And wa...
   Malachi 3:15
   So now we call the proud blessed, For those who...
   
3. Cross References
   Job 14:21
   His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
   Isaiah 63:16
   Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 7:8 - 10
   The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
   Ecclesiastes 1:11
   There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
   Ecclesiastes 2:16
   For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool!
   Ecclesiastes 8:10
   Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
   Isaiah 26:14
   They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish.