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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New American Standard Bible 1995

4 I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is [a](B)vanity and striving after wind. 5 The fool (C)folds his hands and (D)consumes his own flesh. 6 One hand full of rest is (E)better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

5 Fools fold their hands(B)
    and ruin themselves.
6 Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil(C)
    and chasing after the wind.

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