Ecclesiastes 4:2

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And I thought the dead, who have already died, more fortunate than the living, who are still alive;

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for him who is dead, nor bemoan him; weep rather for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.