dby - Ecclesiastes:4:1-12

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:1 @ And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:2 @ Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:3 @ and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:4 @ And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:5 @ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:6 @ Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:7 @ And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:8 @ There is one [alone] and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:9 @ Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:11 @ Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one alone be warm?

dby@Ecclesiastes:4:12 @ And if a [man] overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.