Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.(Ecclesiastes 4:2)
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.(Ecclesiastes 4:3)
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.(Ecclesiastes 4:4)
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.(Ecclesiastes 4:6)
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.(Ecclesiastes 4:7)
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.(Ecclesiastes 4:8)
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Ecclesiastes 4:5 - Cross Reference
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? (Job 13:14)
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. (Proverbs 12:27)
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (Proverbs 6:10)
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Proverbs 13:4)
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: (Isaiah 9:20)
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. (Proverbs 11:17)
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (Proverbs 24:33)
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Proverbs 20:4)