Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Ecc 3:16Ecc 5:82Ti 4:16-17Isa 5:7Isa 51:23Isa 59:13-15Jas 5:4Job 35:9 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive. Job 3:11-26Ecc 2:17Ecc 9:4-6 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Luk 23:29Ecc 6:3-5Mat 24:19Ecc 2:17Jer 20:17-18Jer 9:2-3Job 10:18-19Job 3:10-16 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. 1Jn 3:12Ecc 1:14Ecc 2:21Ecc 2:261Sa 18:14-161Sa 18:29-301Sa 18:8-9Ecc 4:16
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself. Isa 9:20Pro 6:10-11Pro 13:4Job 13:14Pro 20:4Pro 11:17Pro 12:27Pro 24:33-34 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind. Pro 15:16-17Pro 16:8Psa 37:16Pro 17:1
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. Ecc 4:1Psa 78:33Zec 1:6 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business. 1Jn 2:16Pro 27:20Luk 12:20Ecc 1:8Ecc 1:13Mat 11:28Ecc 4:9-12Ecc 5:10
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. Pro 27:17Gen 2:181Co 12:18-21Mrk 6:7Num 11:14Jhn 4:36Rut 2:12Act 13:2 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up. 1Th 5:111Th 4:18Gal 6:1Isa 35:3-4Job 4:3-41Sa 23:16Luk 22:31-322Sa 12:7-14 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone? 1Ki 1:1-4 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Dan 3:16-17Eph 4:32Sa 23:92Sa 23:232Sa 23:18-192Sa 23:16
Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more. 2Ch 25:16Pro 19:12Ch 16:9-10Pro 28:15-161Ki 22:8Ecc 9:15-16Gen 37:2Pro 28:6 For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor. Gen 41:14Psa 113:7-8Job 5:11Lam 4:202Ki 24:122Ki 24:62Ki 25:27-302Ki 25:7 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him. 2Sa 15:6 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was—yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Ecc 1:141Ki 1:40Ecc 2:171Ki 1:5-71Ki 12:10-162Sa 15:12-132Sa 18:7-82Sa 19:9