Ecclesiastes 6:3

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Job 3:16

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
like infants who never see daylight?

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Jeremiah 22:19

He will be buried like a donkey,
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

2 Kings 9:35

But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?”

He answered, “The children God has graciously given your servant.”

1 Samuel 2:20-21

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

2 Kings 10:1

Since Ahab had 70 sons in Samaria, Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s sons, saying:

1 Chronicles 28:5

And out of all my sons—for the Lord has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.

Esther 5:11

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Esther 7:10

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 9:14-15

The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung the bodies of Haman’s 10 sons.

Psalm 58:8

Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.

Psalm 127:4-5

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

Ecclesiastes 5:17-19

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Isaiah 14:19-20

But you are thrown out without a grave,
like a worthless branch,
covered by those slain with the sword
and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and the whole heavenly host, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the surface of the soil.

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ecclesiastes 6:3

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

A man

So

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Genesis 47:9

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General references

Genesis 23:19

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