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I have seen that every labor and every (A)success of the work is the result of jealousy between a man and his neighbor. This too is [a](B)vanity and striving after wind. The fool (C)folds his hands in embrace and (D)consumes his own flesh. One hand full of rest is (E)better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or futility, so in ch

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)

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

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