Ecclesiastes 4:5-7

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⁵Fools fold their hands
    and consume their own flesh.
⁶Better is a handful with quiet
    than two handfuls with toil,
    and a chasing after wind.^[a]

⁷Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 4:6 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1

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