Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 9:10 reiterates no work or knowledge in Sheol — expanding on the dead's lack of awareness from 9:5.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 urges the living to consider death, complementing 9:5's statement that the living know they will die.
In Ecclesiastes 2:16, the same theme emerges: the wise and fool alike are forgotten with no enduring remembrance.
In Ecclesiastes 8:10, the wicked are buried and their praise forgotten, echoing the forgetting of the dead.
Hebrews 9:27 declares judgment after death, contrasting with Ecclesiastes' view that the dead know nothing and have no reward.
In Job 7:8-10, the dead are gone and not known anymore, aligning with the dead's lack of awareness.
In Isaiah 63:16, Abraham and Israel (the dead) do not know their descendants, directly illustrating that the dead know nothing.
In Isaiah 26:14, the dead are destroyed and all memory of them wiped out, directly supporting Ecc 9:5.
In Psalm 88:11, the psalmist asks if God's love is declared in the grave, reinforcing that the dead are unaware of God's works.
Psalm 88:10 questions if the dead can praise God, echoing Ecclesiastes' theme that the dead have no activity or reward.
Psalm 6:5 states the dead cannot remember or praise God, matching Ecclesiastes' claim that they know nothing.
Job 14:21 says the dead are unaware of their children's fate, directly supporting that the dead know nothing.
Psalm 88:12 asks if God's wonders are known in darkness — directly supporting Ecclesiastes' claim that the dead know nothing.
Isaiah 38:11 laments no longer seeing God or people in death — echoing Ecclesiastes' 'no more reward' for the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:55 taunts death's defeat — directly opposing Ecclesiastes' grim view of death as the end of awareness.
Psalm 89:48 asks who can escape death — reinforcing Ecclesiastes' observation that the living know they will die.
In Psalm 109:15, the psalmist prays that the memory of the wicked be cut off, relating to the forgotten dead.
Job 30:23 acknowledges death as the appointed house for all, reinforcing that the living know they will die.