Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (show verse)
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:2 (show verse)
Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (show verse)
Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 (show verse)
Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 (show verse)
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (show verse)
Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 (show verse)
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:8 (show verse)
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.
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)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (show verse)
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 to rise.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 (show verse)
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (show verse)
And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 (show verse)
Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 (show verse)
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 (show verse)
I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16 (show verse)
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.