Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Revised Version 1895
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
11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth: but how can one be warm alone?
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
2 Samuel 23:23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
Ephesians 4:3giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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 →