Cross references

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 BSB

Ecclesiastes 9:5 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 26:14 (25 votes) and Ecclesiastes 1:11 (23 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 5 to Hebrews 9.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 9:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 26:1425 votes

    The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

  2. There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

  3. Psalm 6:518 votes

    For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

  4. Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? …

  5. Job 14:2114 votes

    If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

  6. Hebrews 9:2714 votes

    Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

  7. Psalm 109:1513 votes

    May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

  8. For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

  9. Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

  10. Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

  11. Job 30:234 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 9:5?

The 10 strongest of 19.