Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 4:16

4 Next I realized that all effort and achievement stem from one person's envy of another. This too is futility and feeding on wind.

6 Better an armload with tranquillity than both arms full of effort and feeding on wind.

16 and that no limit was set for the number of his subjects. Nevertheless, those who come afterwards will not regard him highly. This too is certainly pointless and feeding on wind.