Death Comes to All

Ecclesiastes 9

¹ But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, _c how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are _d in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. ² _e It is the same for all, since _f the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, ₁ to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who _g swears is as he who shuns an oath. ³ This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that _e the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and _h madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. ⁴ But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. ⁵ For the living know that they will die, but _i the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for _j the memory of them is forgotten. ⁶ Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

1. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 8:14
   There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 33:3
   Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you.
   
3. Cross References
   Job 9:22
   It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
   
4. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 2:14
   The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.
   
5. Cross References
   Zechariah 5:3
   Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.
   Malachi 3:5
   Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
   
6. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 9:2
   It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.
   
7. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 1:17
   And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
   
8. Cross References
   Job 14:21
   His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
   
9. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 1:11
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   Psalms 31:12
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   Psalms 88:5
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   Psalms 88:12
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   Isaiah 26:14
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