Ecclesiastes 9:1-7

¹For all this did I reflect over in my heart and to explain all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their services, are in the hand of God: that man knoweth neither love nor hatred; it is all ordained before them;

²Every thing as it is to happen to all; there is but one occurrence for the righteous, and for the wicked; for the good and for the clean, and for the unclean; and for him that sacrificeth, and for him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

³This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one occurrence for all, and that also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and that madness is in their heart while they live, and after this they go to the dead.

⁴For whoever is yet united with all the living hath still hope; for a living dog fareth better than a dead lion.

⁵For the living know that they will die; but the dead know not the least; nor have they longer any reward; for their memory is forgotten.

⁶Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are now already lost; and they will have never more a portion in all that is done under the sun.

⁷Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a merry heart thy wine, if God have already received thy works in favor.