Ecclesiastes 4:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 15:16-17
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. …
Psalms 37:16
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Beggars Cheerfulness Contentment Discontentment Graces Happiness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-6)

Here Solomon returns to the observation and consideration of the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend the business of this world, which he had spoken of before, Eccl. 2:11. I. If a man be acute, and dexterous, and successful in his business, he gets the ill-will of his neighbours, Eccl. 4:4. Though he takes a great deal of pains, and goes through all travail, does not get his estate easily, b…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. Hebrew; “One open hand (palm) full of quietness, than both closed hands full of travail.” “Quietness” (mental tranquillity flowing from honest labor), opposed to “eating one’s own flesh” (Ec 4:5), also opposed to anxious labor to gain (Ec 4:8; Pr 15:16, 17; 16:8).