Ecclesiastes 9:4-6

⁴But the living still have hope—a live dog is better than a dead lion!

⁵The living are conscious of the fact that they're going to die, but the dead have no consciousness of anything. They don't receive any further benefit; they're forgotten.

⁶Their love, hate, and envy—it's all gone. They have no further part in anything that happens here on earth.