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Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Then I returned and saw all the oppressions
that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power;
but they had no comforter. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:2 |
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Wherefore I praised the dead that have been
long dead more than the living that are yet alive; |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:3 |
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yea, better than them both did I esteem him
that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the
sun. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:4 |
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Then I saw all labor and every skilful work,
that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving
after wind. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:5 |
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth
his own flesh. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:6 |
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two
handfuls with labor and striving after wind. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:7 |
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not
a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his
labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do
I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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| Ecclesiastes 4:9 |
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Two are better than one, because they have a
good reward for their labor. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:10 |
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow;
but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him
up. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:11 |
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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth;
but how can one be warm alone? |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:12 |
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And if a man prevail against him that is alone,
two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:13 |
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Better is a poor and wise youth than an old
and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:14 |
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For out of prison he came forth to be king;
yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. |
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| Ecclesiastes 4:15 |
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I saw all the living that walk under the sun,
that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead. |
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There was no end of all the people, even of
all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind. |
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