Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
World English Bible
4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
5 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is (B)futility 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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