Ecclesiastes 4 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

The Evils of Oppression

Ecc 4:1So 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.

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Ecc 4:2Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

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Ecc 4:3Yes, 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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Ecc 4:4Again, 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.

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Ecc 4:5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

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Ecc 4:6Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.

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Ecc 4:7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Ecc 4:8

Ecc 4:8There 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.

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Ecc 4:9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.

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Ecc 4:10For 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.

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Ecc 4:11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Ecc 4:12

Ecc 4:12And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.

Ecc 4:13

Ecc 4:13Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

Ecc 4:14

Ecc 4:14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

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Ecc 4:15I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Ecc 4:16

Ecc 4:16There 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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The Evils of Oppression

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