Ecclesiastes 4:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

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  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
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    77%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

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

  • Eccl 4:3-5
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    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

    5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

  • Prov 15:16
    76%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

    9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled 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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    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
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    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

  • Prov 6:10
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    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33A 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 rules among fools.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All things are full of labor; man cannot express 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 grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Eccl 1:14
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    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles 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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    5The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than in a wide house with a contentious woman.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.