Ecclesiastes 4:2-9

²Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;

³but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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

⁶Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

⁷Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

⁸There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity, yea, it is a grievous business.

⁹Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.