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Ecclesiastes 4:6
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Ecclesiastes 4:6
6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
6*Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then both the hands full with trauell and vexation of spirit.
- Prou. 15.16. and 16.18.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 4:6
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A state of rest; stillness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Painful toil or labour, especially the labour and pain of childbirth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Trouble, distress, irritation, or that which wearies and afflicts the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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Open the full verse study8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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Open the full verse study16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
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Open the full verse study1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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