King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 4:5
“The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 4
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.
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.
6
Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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