One event happens to the1 righteous and the wicked;
To the good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
But athe dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For bthe memory of them is forgotten.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:3 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 9:3
People's entire lives are full of sin, evil, madness—and then they die. Not even good and just men, as others think of them, are truly good and just. Like all the other “sons of men,” their hearts are full of sin.
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Are Humans Good or Evil?
Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
Both the righteous and the wicked—even the animals!—go to the same place at death. All physical creatures are composed of dust and return to dust again. These scriptures make it abundantly clear that no one goes to either heaven or hell at death, and further, no one who is dead has the capacity to feel joy or pain.
Earl L. Henn
Basic Doctrines: The Fate of the Wicked
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