Ecclesiastes 4:6

The Scriptures 1998

Better is a hand filled with rest than both hands filled with toil and feeding on wind.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness, Than a large income without right-ruling.

Psalm 37:16

Better is the little of the righteous one, Than the riches of many wrongdoers.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry piece of bread and rest with it, Than a house filled with the offerings of strife.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom – and to know madness and folly. I know that this too is feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at futility under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. And see, all was futile and feeding on wind.