Ecclesiastes 4:2

New Century Version

I decided that the dead are better off than the living.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

It is better to have respect than good perfume. The day of death is better than the day of birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Don’t cry for the dead king or be sad about him. But cry painfully for the king who is being taken away, because he will never return or see his homeland again.