Ecclesiastes 9:6
"For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten."
Key Reflection
Ecclesiastes 9:6 emphasizes that while the living experience the certainty of death, the deceased are in a state where they no longer perceive or receive rewards, as their memory fades into obscurity. This contrasts the transient nature of earthly life with the ultimate dissolution and oblivion faced by the dead.
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