Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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3 This an evil among all that are done under the sun, that one event unto all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness in their heart while they live, and after that to the dead.
4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any that is done under the sun.
7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for Elohim now accepteth your works.