Ecclesiastes 4:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So I commended the dead,  who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.