Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

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. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 9

3 songs meet this passage

  • “And it's the only thing we take with us when we die”

    Photograph · Ed Sheeran

    strains against Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

    The song suggests love and memory are what we carry beyond death, but Scripture points to something more enduring than memory alone, namely the soul's standing before God.

  • “You never fell in love”

    Dead! · My Chemical Romance

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

    Both voice the same bleak observation: once dead, love and hatred and every striving under the sun are finished, unremembered.

  • “Well, it's a hell of a good day to die”

    Half-Truism · The Offspring

    strains against Ecclesiastes 9:4-5

    Ecclesiastes names death's certainty but still affirms living has worth over dying; this lyric flirts with preferring the end.

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