Ecclesiastes 4:6

The Scriptures 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then I looked again at futility under the sun: