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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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Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at futility under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, "And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?" This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.

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