Ecclesiastes Chapter 9 Verses 4 thru 6

Ecc 9:4 There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!” Ecc 9:5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. Ecc 9:6 Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.