A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 9:6
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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
- Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.