Ecclesiastes 4:2

New Living Translation

So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss. Instead, weep for the captive king being led away! For he will never return to see his native land again.