Ecclesiastes 4:6

Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

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Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:

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Genesis 49:15
And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

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2 Kings 4:13
And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.

Job 2:4
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:15
And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

1 Timothy 6:7
For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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Job 3:10
Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

Ecclesiastes 6:5
Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

Isaiah 53:11
...made clear his righteousness before men...had taken their sins on himself.

Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?

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Job 20:19
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Job 20:20
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Job 20:21
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

Job 20:23
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

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Psalms 39:5
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Ecclesiastes 1:2
All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

Romans 8:20
For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

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Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Proverbs 13:25
The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

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Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:23
All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

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Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

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Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

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Isaiah 30:15
For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

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Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

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Psalms 127:2
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

Matthew 6:26
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:34
Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

Luke 12:22
And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

Luke 12:29
And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

1 Peter 5:7
Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

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Proverbs 30:9
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

Ephesians 4:28
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

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