Ecclesiastes 4:6

Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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Genesis 49:14
“Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

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Genesis 49:15
He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

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2 Kings 4:13
He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’ ” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

Job 2:4
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:15
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can’t carry anything out.

1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

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Job 3:10
because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

Isaiah 53:11
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

Job 20:20
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.

Job 20:21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

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Psalms 39:5
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

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Proverbs 3:33
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 13:25
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

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Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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Ecclesiastes 7:17
Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

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Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

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Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

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Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

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Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:34
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Luke 12:22
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:29
“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

1 Peter 5:7
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

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Proverbs 30:9
lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

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