Ecclesiastes 4:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 15:16-17 : 16 Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a fattened calf with hatred.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance 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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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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

    4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, Than great treasure with trouble.

  • Eccl 2:20-26
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    20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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

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

    26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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

    8There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

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

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, But he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • 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, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his 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 has he who works in that in 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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    6"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous has, Than the abundance 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 the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7With which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors 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 a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

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

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a 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, Eating the bread of toil; For he gives sleep to his loved ones.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.