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The Preacher surveys oppression, competitive labor, foolish idleness, lonely accumulation, the strength of companionship, and the instability of public popularity.
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Ecclesiastes 4
The Preacher surveys oppression, competitive labor, foolish idleness, lonely accumulation, the strength of companionship, and the instability of public popularity.
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Verses 1–3The Preacher considers oppression and the tears of those who have no comforterVerses 4–6Envy drives much labor, yet both idleness and restless striving are follyVerses 7–12Lonely labor is empty, while companionship gives help, warmth, and strengthVerses 13–16A poor wise youth may be better than an old foolish king, yet popularity also passes away
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1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are…2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more…3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not…4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that…5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own…6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands…7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.8There is one alone, and there is not a second;…9Two are better than one; because they have a good…10For if they fall, the one will lift up his…11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but…12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him;…13Better is a poor and a wise child than an…14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also…15I considered all the living which walk under the sun,…16There is no end of all the people, even of…