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Ecclesiastes 4
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Ecclesiastes 4 . 1
1 Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6TOSKEcclesiastes 4:1
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2 So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6TOSKEcclesiastes 4:2
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3 But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6TOSKEcclesiastes 4:3
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4 I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:4
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5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:5
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6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 3:12-4:6 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:6
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7 Again, I saw futility under the sun.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:7
Ecclesiastes 4 . 8
8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:8
Ecclesiastes 4 . 9
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:9
Ecclesiastes 4 . 10
10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:10
Ecclesiastes 4 . 11
11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:11
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12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:12
Ecclesiastes 4 . 13
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:13
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14 For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:14
Ecclesiastes 4 . 15
15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:15
Ecclesiastes 4 . 16
16 There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.CEcclesiastes 1:2-12:8 Ecclesiastes 4:4-16TOSKEcclesiastes 4:16