Ecclesiastes 4:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 ¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD 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 without right.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 ¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

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  • Prov 17:1
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    1¶ Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than 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, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

    9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:3-5
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    3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

  • Prov 15:16
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    16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

    23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

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

    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

    26For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight 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 is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:7-9
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    7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.

    9Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8¶ Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4¶ Labour not 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 [is] also vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

  • 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 shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches 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 wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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    7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All things [are] full of labour; 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 sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured 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 vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine 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 thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.

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    29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

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

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    23¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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    2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.