Ecclesiastes 4:2

King James 2000

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.