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ECC 4:1
Ecclesiastes 4:1 |
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So I returned, and considered 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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ECC 4:2
Ecclesiastes 4:2 |
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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already
dead more than the living which are yet alive. |
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ECC 4:3
Ecclesiastes 4:3 |
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Yea, better is he than both they, which hath
not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. |
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ECC 4:4
Ecclesiastes 4:4 |
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Again, I considered all travail, and every right
work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and
vexation of spirit. |
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ECC 4:5
Ecclesiastes 4:5 |
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth
his own flesh. |
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ECC 4:6
Ecclesiastes 4:6 |
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both
the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. |
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ECC 4:7
Ecclesiastes 4:7 |
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Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the
sun. |
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ECC 4:8
Ecclesiastes 4:8 |
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There is one alone, and there is not a second;
yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour;
neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour,
and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. |
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ECC 4:9
Ecclesiastes 4:9 |
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Two are better than one; because they have a
good reward for their labour. |
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ECC 4:10
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; for he hath not another to help
him up. |
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ECC 4:11
Ecclesiastes 4:11 |
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat:
but how can one be warm alone? |
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ECC 4:12
Ecclesiastes 4:12 |
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand
him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. |
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ECC 4:13
Ecclesiastes 4:13 |
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Better is a poor and a wise child than an old
and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. |
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ECC 4:14
Ecclesiastes 4:14 |
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For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas
also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. |
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ECC 4:15
Ecclesiastes 4:15 |
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I considered all the living which walk under
the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. |
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ECC 4:16
Ecclesiastes 4:16 |
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There is no end of all the people, even of all
that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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