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Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

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Ecclesiastes 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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