Ecclesiastes 4:11

American Standard Version (1901)

Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone] ?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 1:1-4 : 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

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