Ecclesiastes 9:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But he who 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 him off, when God takes away his life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness.