Ecclesiastes 4
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1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
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11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ecclesiastes 3:16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was th...Ecclesiastes 5:8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment a...Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Jud...Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they c...Lamentations 1:2She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lo...
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the b...Ecclesiastes 6:3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of h...Matthew 24:19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievo...Job 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine e...
Ecclesiastes 4:4
1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore sle...Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanit...Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; y...Ecclesiastes 2:26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy...1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continu...
Ecclesiastes 4:5
Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the le...Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Job 13:14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble there...Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifice...
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Ecclesiastes 4:8
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Proverbs 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee:...Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied wit...Ecclesiastes 1:13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that...
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Genesis 2:18¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will mak...1 Corinthians 12:18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleas...Mark 6:7¶ And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two...Numbers 11:14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do...1 Thessalonians 4:18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.Isaiah 35:3¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such...Job 4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ecclesiastes 3:16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was th...Ecclesiastes 5:8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment a...Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Jud...Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they c...Lamentations 1:2She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lo...
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the b...Ecclesiastes 6:3¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of h...Matthew 24:19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievo...Job 3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine e...
Ecclesiastes 4:4
1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore sle...Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanit...Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; y...Ecclesiastes 2:26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy...1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continu...
Ecclesiastes 4:5
Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the le...Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Job 13:14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Proverbs 15:16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble there...Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.Psalms 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifice...
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Ecclesiastes 4:8
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Proverbs 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee:...Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied wit...Ecclesiastes 1:13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that...
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Genesis 2:18¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will mak...1 Corinthians 12:18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleas...Mark 6:7¶ And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two...Numbers 11:14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do...1 Thessalonians 4:18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.Isaiah 35:3¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such...Job 4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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