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Ecclesiastes 4:3-5
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3 But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,(A)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.(B)

4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(C)

5 Fools fold their hands(D)
    and ruin themselves.

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