Ecclesiastes 4:6

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? [or] what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 4:3-5
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    77%

    3yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Prov 15:16
    76%

    16Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 4:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

    9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    74%

    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Prov 16:8
    72%

    8Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

  • Prov 6:10
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    10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Ps 37:16
    72%

    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Eccl 1:14
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.