Ecclesiastes 4:6

Modern English Version

Better is a full hand of quietness than handfuls of toil and a chasing after wind.

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

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice.

Better is a dry crust with quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know the folly of ideas, and to know foolish behavior. I know that this as well is like chasing the wind.

Again, I turned and observed what was vanity under the sun: