Ecclesiastes 4:5
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 4 | |
| 1 | Vanity is increased unto men by oppression; |
| 4 | by envy; |
| 5 | by idleness; |
| 7 | by covetousness; |
| 9 | by solitariness; |
| 13 | by wilfulness. |
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Ecclesiastes 4:5 (King James Version)
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- fool
- Proverbs 6:10 Proverbs 6:11 ; 12:27 13:4 20:4 Proverbs 24:33 Proverbs 24:34
- eateth
- That is, with envy, (see ver. 4,) though too idle to follow his neighbour's example.
- Job 13:14 ; Proverbs 11:17 ; Isaiah 9:20