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Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (NIV)
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:2 (NIV)
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (NIV)
But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 (NIV)
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 (NIV)
Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)
Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 (NIV)
Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 (NIV)
There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NIV)
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 (NIV)
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 (NIV)
Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 (NIV)
The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 (NIV)
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.
Ecclesiastes 4:16 (NIV)
There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 (NIV)
So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 (NIV)
All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 (NIV)
This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NIV)
Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (NIV)
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 (NIV)
Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 (NIV)
Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
Ecclesiastes 9:8 (NIV)
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 (NIV)
Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.