Ecclesiastes 4:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil and a chasing after wind.

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

Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.

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

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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

Again, I saw vanity under the sun: