Ecclesiastes 4:6 · KJV
“Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.”
— Ecclesiastes 4:6
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4 — Context
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. {every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.
7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8There 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.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:8
Better {is} a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Better {is} little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 17:1
Better {is} a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices {with} strife. {sacrifices: or, good cheer}
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