Ecclesiastes 4:2

Tree of Life Version

So I considered the dead, who are already dead, more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And so I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. All is but vapor and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

Better is a good reputation than precious oil and the day of death than the day of birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Weep not for the dead or bemoan him. Weep bitterly for him who departs, for he will never return, or see his native country again.