Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 3:2; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Ecclesiastes 7:17; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ecclesiastes 9:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5

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Ecclesiastes 2:16

16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
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Ecclesiastes 3:2

2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
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Ecclesiastes 4:2

2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
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Ecclesiastes 7:17

17 Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool— why die before your time?
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Ecclesiastes 9:3

3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4

4 Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
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Ecclesiastes 9:5

5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.
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