Ecclesiastes 4:2

American Standard Version 2015

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.\par

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A {\i good} name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

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