Ecclesiastes 4 - King James Bible (KJV Book of Ecclesiastes) Free Bible Online

Ecclesiastes 4

1 - So 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.

2 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

3 - Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 - Again, 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.

5 - The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 - Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

7 - Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

8 - There 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.

9 - Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 - For 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.

11 - Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 - And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 - Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

14 - For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

15 - I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

16 - There 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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