Ecclesiastes 4:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And I thought the dead who are already dead 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 striving 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

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