Ecclesiastes 4:2

King James Version - American Edition

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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 ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.