Ecclesiastes 4:6

English Standard Version 2016

Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

Psalm 37:16

Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.