Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?(Ecclesiastes 3:21)
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?(Ecclesiastes 3:22)
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.(Ecclesiastes 4:1)
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.(Ecclesiastes 4:3)
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.(Ecclesiastes 4:4)
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.(Ecclesiastes 4:5)
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Ecclesiastes 4:2 - Cross Reference
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. (Ecclesiastes 9:4)
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 2:17)
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? (Job 3:11)