1Then I turned and saw all the oppressions which take place under the sun; and, behold, there were the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors there was violence, and they had no comforter.

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Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 5:7

2Therefore I praised the dead, who have been long ago dead, more than the living, who are yet alive.

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Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Job 3:11, Job 3:26, Job 3:11

3Yea, better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work which is done under the sun.

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Luke 23:29, Luke 23:29, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 6:5, Matthew 24:19

4And I saw all labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

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1 John 3:12, 1 John 3:12, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 2:21

5The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth his own flesh.

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Isaiah 9:20, Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 6:11, Isaiah 9:20, Proverbs 6:10

6Better is a hand full of quietness, than both hands full of weariness and striving after wind.

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Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17, Proverbs 16:8, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 15:17

7Then I turned and saw other vanity under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Psalms 78:33, Zechariah 1:6, Psalms 78:33

8There is one who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. "For whom, then [saith he], do I labor and deprive myself of good?" This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

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1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:16, Proverbs 27:20, Proverbs 27:20, Luke 12:20

9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

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Proverbs 27:17, Proverbs 27:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:18, 1 Corinthians 12:18

10For if they fall, the one will lift his fellow up; but woe to him who is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help him up!

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1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Isaiah 35:3

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

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1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:4, 1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:4

12And if an enemy prevail against one, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Ephesians 4:3, Ephesians 4:3, Daniel 3:16, Daniel 3:17, Daniel 3:16

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

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2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 25:16, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 16:9

14For out of prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.

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Genesis 41:14, Genesis 41:14, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Psalms 113:7

15I saw that all the living, who walk under the sun, were with the child who stood up in his stead.

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2 Samuel 15:6, 2 Samuel 15:6

16There was no end to all the people before whom he went forth; yet they that come afterwards shall not rejoice in him. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, 1 Kings 1:40, Ecclesiastes 2:17, 1 Kings 1:40