Citește Biblia KJ Ecclesiastes capitolul 4

1. So 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.
Ecl 3.16
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. ;Ecl 5.8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. ;

2. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Iov 3.17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. ;

3. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Iov 3.11-21
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? ;Ecl 6.3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. ;

4. 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.

5. The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Prov 6.10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ;Prov 24.33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ;

6. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Prov 15.16-17
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. ;Prov 16.8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. ;

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

8. There 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.
Prov 27.20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ;1Ioan 2.16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ;Ps 39.6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. ;

9. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10. For 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 up.

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