 | 1804 - 508 sider
...thereieith. Better is a dry intj>'i,el, and quietness therewith, titan a house Jail oj nacri/icc, and strife. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full, with vexation oj' spirit. What indeed are all our riches and possessions worth, if we do not enjoy the calm... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fouls. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. Better is ihe end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and fhe patient in spirit is better than the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sider
...fitimicns, that do as it were devour him. The olhcr extreme is excessive anxiety, for 6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit ; a. little vrith a contented mind and a comfortable enjoyment of it, is better than ever so much with... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sider
...were devour him. The other extreme is excessive anxiety, for 6 Better [is] an handful [' v. ii !L i quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit ; o tittle with a content' ed mind and a comfortable enjoyment of it, is better than ever so much,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 sider
...affamisheth himself with wilful idleness; rather choosing to starve than labour ; IV. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. And is ready to say for himself; A little with case, is better than a great deal with toil and trouble.... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 sider
...noticed the vanity which arises from others, so here he adverts to that which arises |rom ourselves. 6. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. This may be considered cither as Solomon's words, offering a seasonable remedy for the evils of envy,... | |
 | John Langhorne - 1815 - 304 sider
...SERMON XI. THE CONDITION OF POVERTY BETTER THAN THAT OF RICHES ABUSED. ECCLES. iv. 6. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. AMONG the numbers that disquiet themselves in vain, there are none farther from the road of happiness... | |
 | 1815 - 614 sider
...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. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second... | |
 | 1819 - 488 sider
...the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his way though he be rich11. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full, with travail and vexation of spirit1. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked ; for the Lord... | |
 | 1819 - 948 sider
...of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his bauds together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better wa handful wifA things for purification, with such things 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second;... | |
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Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 
