Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (show verse)
And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors is power, and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:2 (show verse)
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (show verse)
And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 (show verse)
And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 (show verse)
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (show verse)
Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.'
Ecclesiastes 4:7 (show verse)
And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 (show verse)
There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
overmuch Care » Vanity of
Company » Those that have no companionship
Covetousness » Is vanity
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Unsatisfied » Aimless toil
Vanity » Heaping up riches is
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Company » Those that have no companionship
Covetousness » Is vanity
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Unsatisfied » Aimless toil
Vanity » Heaping up riches is
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Ecclesiastes 4:9 (show verse)
The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (show verse)
For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
Ecclesiastes 4:11 (show verse)
Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (show verse)
And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 (show verse)
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 (show verse)
For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 (show verse)
I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;
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Ecclesiastes 4:16 (show verse)
there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.