Ecclesiastes 9:2-4

New International Version

² All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,^[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not.

³ This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.^(B) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,^(C) and afterward they join the dead.^{(D) 4} Anyone who is among the living has hope^[b]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!