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Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor.  This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

Ecclesiastes 3:22 Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 4:3 yes, better than them both did I esteem him that has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:6  Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:9  Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to receive admonition any more.

Ecclesiastes 5:1  Keep your foot when you go to the house of God; for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not know that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:5  Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Ecclesiastes 6:3  If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

Ecclesiastes 6:9  Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:11 Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

Ecclesiastes 7:1  A good name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:2  It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:3  Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Ecclesiastes 7:5  It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:8  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:10 Do not say, “What is the cause that the former days were better than these?”  For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:4  For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's

wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.”

Ecclesiastes 9:17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that rules among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

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