Ecclesiastes 4:2

The Scriptures 1998

Therefore I commended the dead who were already dead, more than the living who are still alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was evil on me, for all is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for the dead, nor mourn for him. Weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall never come back nor see the land of his birth.