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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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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

5 “Fools fold their idle hands,
    leading them to ruin.”

6 And yet,

“Better to have one handful with quietness
    than two handfuls with hard work
    and chasing the wind.”

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