Sirach 28:21

²¹ Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it. (WEB)

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Sirach 30:16–18

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Sirach 14:11–13

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Apocryphon of John 15:7–9

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Ecclesiastes 4:2–4

² So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive. ³ But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. ⁴ I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighb…

2 Maccabees 13:6–8

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Job 21:24–26

²⁴ His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow. ²⁵ Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity. ²⁶ But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

1 Clement 51:3–5

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Wisdom of Solomon 3:17–19

¹⁷ For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honor. (WEB) ¹⁸ If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolation in the day of judgment. (WEB) ¹⁹ For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous. (WEB)

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