Ecclesiastes 4:2-9

²Therefore I praised the dead, who have been long ago dead, more than the living, who are yet alive.

³Yea, better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work which is done under the sun.

⁴And I saw all labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

⁵The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth his own flesh.

⁶Better is a hand full of quietness, than both hands full of weariness and striving after wind.

⁷Then I turned and saw other vanity under the sun.

⁸There is one who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. “For whom, then saith he, do I labor and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

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