Ecclesiastes 4:6
One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe. 17 Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.
- Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
- Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
- Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
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1 Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
- Eccl 6:7-93 verses77%
7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
8 For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?
9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
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3 yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.
4 Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.
5 The foole foldeth his handes together, & eateth vp his owne flesh.
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16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
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20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:
21 for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.
22 For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,
23 but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?
24 Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:
25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?
26 he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.
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7 Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.
8 There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.
9 Therfore two are better then one, for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure.
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10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle.
11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.
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8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
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11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.
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4 An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.
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4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.
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10 He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge?
11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?
12 A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.
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9 What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?
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10 Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:
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6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?
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16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
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33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:
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17 A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.
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7 Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande, nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues, his bosome.
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11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?
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17 for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:
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14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.
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17 Thus begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of mynde:
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8 All thinges are so harde, yt no ma can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied wt sight, the eare is not fylled wt hearinge.
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16 This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?
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14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.
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3 For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?
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2 For thou shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes: o well is the, happie art thou.
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6 Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to sowe thy sede, whether it be in ye mornynge or in the euenynge: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prospere, & yf they both take, it is the better.
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29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.
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5 The deuyses of one that is diligent, brynge plenteousnes: but he yt is vnaduysed, commeth vnto pouerte.
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23 Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
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24 It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.
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2 Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.
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18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion.