Ecclesiastes 4:6

The Message

One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work— More spitting into the wind.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Far better to be right and poor than to be wrong and rich.

Psalm 37:16

Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.

Proverbs 17:1

A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

I turned my head and saw yet another wisp of smoke on its way to nothingness: a solitary person, completely alone—no children, no family, no friends—yet working obsessively late into the night, compulsively greedy for more and more, never bothering to ask, “Why am I working like a dog, never having any fun? And who cares?” More smoke. A bad business.