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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)

5 Fools fold their hands
    and consume their own flesh.(B)
6 Better is a handful with quiet
    than two handfuls with toil
    and a chasing after wind.(C)

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