Ecclesiastes 9:4

New International Version

Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

Cross References

Job 27:8

For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.