Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New Living Translation
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.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
Legacy Standard Bible
4 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. 5 The fool (C)folds his hands in embrace 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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