Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

In Context

9Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

11Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

1 Samuel 23:16And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

Job 4:3Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

Luke 22:31And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.

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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