Ecclesiastes 4:2

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

Jeremiah 22:10

Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.