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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh (4:5) Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit (4:6) Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun (4:7) 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 (4:8) Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour (4:9) 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 (4:10) Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]? (4:11) And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken (4:12) Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished (4:13) For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor (4:14) I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead (4:15) [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
(4:16)
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