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Ecclesiastes 4:6

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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4

    Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  2. Ecclesiastes 4:5

    The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  3. Ecclesiastes 4:7

    Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

  4. Ecclesiastes 4:8

    There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

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