Ecclesiastes 4

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   So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

   Ecclesiastes 4:1KJV

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   Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

   Ecclesiastes 4:2KJV

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   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 4:3KJV

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   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 4:4KJV

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   The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

   Ecclesiastes 4:5KJV

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   Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

   Ecclesiastes 4:6KJV

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   Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

   Ecclesiastes 4:7KJV

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   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 4:8KJV

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   Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

   Ecclesiastes 4:9KJV

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    For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

    Ecclesiastes 4:10KJV

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    Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

    Ecclesiastes 4:11KJV

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    And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

    Ecclesiastes 4:12KJV

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    Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

    Ecclesiastes 4:13KJV

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    For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

    Ecclesiastes 4:14KJV

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    I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

    Ecclesiastes 4:15KJV

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    There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    Ecclesiastes 4:16KJV

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