Ecclesiastes 4:8 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Ecclesiastes 4:8

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Whence he adds: "There is one alone, and he has not a second, neither son nor brother," and he ought to be content with little as one who is alone, because he does not even wish to have a companion: Ecclesiasticus 11: "I have found rest for myself, and now I will eat of my goods alone"; and yet he is wholly consumed by avarice both in deed and desire and understanding. …

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