Ecclesiastes:4

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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 . * Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive . * 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 . * Again , I considered all travail , and every right work ma #aseh #, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour . This is also vanity and vexation of spirit . * The fool foldeth # his hands together , and eateth his own flesh . * Better is an handful with quietness , than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit . * Then I returned , and I saw vanity under the sun . * 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 . * Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour . * 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 . * Again , if two lie together , then they have heat : but how can one be warm alone ? * And if one prevail against him , two shall withstand him ; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken . * Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king , who will no more be admonished . * For out of prison # he cometh to reign ; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor . * I considered all the living which walk under the sun , with the second child that shall stand up in his stead . * 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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