Ecclesiastes 9:4

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Cross References

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For She'ol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.