Ecclesiastes 4:6
One handfull saith he is better with rest, then both the handes full with labour and trauayle of mynde.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith. 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue, then a fat oxe with euyll wyll.
- Prov 16:8 : 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
- Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
- Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
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1 Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
- Eccl 6:7-93 verses77%
7 All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.
8 For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?
9 The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde.
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3 Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.
4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour that euery man taketh in hande, was done of enuie agaynst his neighbour: This is also a vayne thyng, and a vexation of mynde.
5 The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.
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16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.
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20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne,
21 Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.
22 For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne?
23 But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.
24 Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.
25 For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?
26 And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.
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7 Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.
8 There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.
9 Therfore two are better then one, for they may well enioy the profite of their labour: For yf one of them fall, his companion helpeth him vp agayne.
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10 And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.
11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
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8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
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11 Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.
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4 An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
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4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose.
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10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.
11 Wheras much riches is, there are many also that spende them away: And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes?
12 A labouryng man sleepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer him to sleepe.
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9 What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?
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10 Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe:
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6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
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16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
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33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:
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17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.
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7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full.
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11 Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?
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17 Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde.
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14 For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng.
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17 Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.
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8 All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.
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16 This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?
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14 Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.
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3 For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?
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2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee.
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6 Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better.
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29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
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5 The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
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23 In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.
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24 It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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2 Is it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early, that ye make delayes to take rest, eatyng the bread of sorowes: euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued.
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18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.