Ecclesiastes 4:2 declares the dead more fortunate, directly contradicting 9:4's claim that a living dog is better.

Job 14:7-12 contrasts a tree's hope of regrowth with man's finality—reinforcing that only the living have hope.

Isaiah 38:18 declares that death cannot praise God nor hope—directly supporting the statement that only the living have hope.

Job 27:8 questions the hope of the godless when God takes their life—complementing the idea that only the living have hope.

Luke 16:26-29 shows the fixed chasm after death, reinforcing that only the living have opportunity to repent — parallel to the living having hope.

Lamentations 3:21 shows the prophet calling hope to mind—an example of the hope that the living can have.