Ecclesiastes 4:4

2 ^aTherefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

3 ^aYet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

The Vanity of Selfish Toil

4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

5 ^aThe fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.

6 ^aBetter a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:

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Neighbor {Forerunner Commentary}
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Vanity {Forerunner Commentary}
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Wind {Forerunner Commentary}
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Work {Forerunner Commentary}
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Grasping {Forerunner Commentary}

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