Ecclesiastes 9:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But whoever is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Cross References

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank you; death cannot praise you; those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.