Ecclesiastes 9:4

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For to him that is joined to 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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, When God taketh away his soul?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, 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 shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.