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.
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- Eph 4:3 : 3 giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Dan 3:16-17 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
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8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone] ?
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3 Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
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16 One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
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24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
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19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
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29 There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:
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11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;
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3 yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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52 for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
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16 But if he hear [thee] not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
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24 He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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21 For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, [which] it cannot bear:
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6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
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14 Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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31 And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
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10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
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8 and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
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12 Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
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18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:
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16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
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15 I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
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13 With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.