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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:6

This blog's name comes from the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 4 verse 6:
Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
17th-century English minster Matthew Henry had this to say about the verse:
Let us by honest industry lay hold on the handful, that we may not want necessaries, but not grasp at both the hands full, which will but create us vexation of spirit...A man may have but a handful of the world, and yet may enjoy it and himself with a great deal of quietness, with content of mind, peace of conscience, and the love and good-will of his neighbors, while many that have both their hands full, have more than heart could wish, have a great deal of travail and vexation with it.

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