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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
Common English Bible

Envy and loneliness

4 I also observed that people work hard and become good at what they do only out of mutual envy. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.

5 Fools fold their hands and eat their own flesh.
6     But better is resting with one handful
        than working hard for two fistfuls and chasing after wind.

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