Ecclesiastes 4:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

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  • 1 Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
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    7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

    8 For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

    9 The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:3-5
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    3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

    4 Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.

    5 The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

  • 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

    21 For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22 For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

    23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

    24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

    25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?

    26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 4:7-9
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    7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8 There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

    9 Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.

    11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

  • 8 Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

  • 11 The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • 4 A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • 4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10 (5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

    11 (5:10) When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

    12 (5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

  • 9 What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • 10 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

  • 6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • 16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

  • 33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

  • 17 The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • 11 (7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • 17 And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

  • 14 (5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • 17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • 8 All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

  • 16 (5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • 14 I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • 3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • 2 When thou eatest the labours of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

  • 6 In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

  • 29 He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • 5 The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.

  • 23 In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

  • 24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • 2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

  • 18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.