Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

English Standard Version

² And I ^(A)thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. ³ But ^(B)better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

⁴ Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is ^(C)vanity^[a] and a striving after wind.