Also I beheld all travail, and all [a]perfection of works, that this is the envy of a man against his neighbor: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The fool foldeth his hands, and [b]eateth up his own flesh.

Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and vexation of spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 The more perfect that the work is, the more it is envied of the wicked.
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:5 For idleness he is compelled to destroy himself.

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