Ecclesiastes 4:2

Free Bible Version

I congratulated those who were already dead, for the dead are better off than those who are still alive and being oppressed.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I ended up feeling disgusted with life because everything that happens here on earth is so distressing. It's so incomprehensible, like trying to control the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you were born.

Jeremiah 22:10

Don't weep over the king that died. Don't mourn for him. Instead weep for the king who is exiled, who will never return, who will never see his homeland again.