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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 I also saw that a person works hard and accomplishes a lot. But they do it only because they want what another person has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.

5 Foolish people fold their hands and don’t work.
    And that destroys them.
6 One handful with peace and quiet
    is better than two handfuls with hard work.
    Working too hard is like chasing the 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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