Ecclesiastes 4:2

Modern King James Version

And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are living now.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to 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 not for the dead, nor moan for him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away. For he shall return no more, nor see his native country.