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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4, Verse 7

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Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
King James Version
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
American Standard Version
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
New English Translation
Labor Motivated by Greed So I again considered another futile thing on earth:
World English Bible
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
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Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him [that is] alone when he falleth; for [he hath] not another to help him up.
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.