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Ecclesiastes 4:5

“The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.”
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3But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

5The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

7Again, I saw futility under the sun.

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