Ecclesiastes 4:4-8

4I have seen that every labor and every 1skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is 2futility and striving after wind. 5The fool 3folds his hands and 4consumes his own flesh. 6One hand full of rest is 5better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

7Then I looked again at futility under the sun. 8There was a man without a 6dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, 7his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And 8for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an 9unhappy task.