Ecclesiastes 4 ASV

Ecclesiastes 4:1 (ASV)
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Then I returned and saw 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.

Ecclesiastes 4:2 (ASV)
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Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Ecclesiastes 4:3 (ASV)
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yea, better than them both `did I esteem' him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 (ASV)
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Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 (ASV)
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The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 (ASV)
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Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7 (ASV)
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Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 (ASV)
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There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, `saith he', do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 (ASV)
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 (ASV)
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:11 (ASV)
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Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm `alone'?

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (ASV)
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And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 (ASV)
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Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Ecclesiastes 4:14 (ASV)
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For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Ecclesiastes 4:15 (ASV)
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I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 4:16 (ASV)
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There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.