Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble. 17 Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
- Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
- Prov 17:1 : 1 Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
- Ps 37:16 : 16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
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1 Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
- Eccl 6:7-93 verses77%
7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
- Eccl 4:3-53 verses77%
3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
- Eccl 2:20-267 verses75%
20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
22 What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him?
26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
- Eccl 4:7-93 verses74%
7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses74%
10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
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10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
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9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
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10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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16 The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
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33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.
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7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
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11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
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17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
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14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
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17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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8 All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
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16 All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
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14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
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3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
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2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.
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6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
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29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
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23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
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24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
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18 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.