Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better than both is the one who has not been born and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth.

Luke 23:29

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

Job 3:10-16

because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Job 3:22

who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

Job 10:18-19

"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!

Psalm 55:6-11

I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

Jeremiah 9:2-3

I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

Jeremiah 20:17-18

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever.

Matthew 24:19

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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Summary

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.

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Bible References

Better

Ecclesiastes 6:3
Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"
Job 3:10
because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
Job 10:18
"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
Jeremiah 20:17
For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever.
Matthew 24:19
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
Luke 23:29
For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

Who

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.
Psalm 55:6
I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!
Jeremiah 9:2
I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

General references

Ecclesiastes 6:11
The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

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