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Ecclesiastes 4:9

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [he says], do I labor, and deprive my soul of

10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow, but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and has not another to lift him up.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:14And the anger of LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet thee, and when he sees thee, he will be glad in his he

Ruth 2:12LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou have come to take refuge.

Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Mark 6:7And he summons the twelve, and began to send them forth in pairs. And he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

Acts 13:2And while they were serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me now Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he intended.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 4:8-13

The Vanity of Human Wishes. 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is… Read the whole commentary →

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