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Ecclesiastes 4:6
New English Translation

6 Better is one handful with some rest
than two hands full of toil[a] and chasing the wind.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:6 sn Qoheleth lists three approaches to labor: (1) the competitive workaholic in 4:4, (2) the impoverished sluggard in 4:5, and (3) the contented laborer in 4:6. The balanced approach rebukes the two extremes.
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