Ecclesiastes 4:2

American King James Version (1999)

Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Weep you not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.