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Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

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Ecclesiastes 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at futility under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, "And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?" This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.

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Ecclesiastes 4:9

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;

Ecclesiastes 4:10

for if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up!

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Ecclesiastes 4:11

Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?

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Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

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