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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
English Standard Version Anglicised

4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbour. This also is (A)vanity and a striving after wind.

5 The fool (B)folds his hands and (C)eats his own flesh.

6 (D)Better is a handful of (E)quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

5 Fools fold their hands(B)
    and ruin themselves.
6 Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil(C)
    and chasing after the wind.

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