Ecclesiastes 4:2

God's Word

I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I came to hate life because everything done under the sun seemed wrong to me. Everything was pointless. ⌞It was like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than expensive perfume, and the day you die is better than the day you’re born.

Jeremiah 22:10

Don’t cry for the dead. Don’t shake your heads at them. Cry bitterly for those who are taken away, because they won’t come back to see their homeland.