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Ecclesiastes 4:12

One may be ouercome, but two may make resistaunce: A three folde gable is not lightly broken.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

In Context

11Agayne, when two sleepe together they are warme: but howe can a body be warme alone?

13A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

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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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