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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New Living Translation

4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

5 “Fools fold their idle hands,
    leading them to ruin.”

6 And yet,

“Better to have one handful with quietness
    than two handfuls with hard work
    and chasing the wind.”

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