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Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Revised Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 4:2-4
Revised Standard Version
2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive; 3 but better than both is he who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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