Ecclesiastes 4:6
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
In other translations
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 15:16-1716 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil. 17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
- Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- Psalm 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
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