Ecclesiastes 4:6

Young's Literal Translation 1898

`Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'

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Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun: