Ecclesiastes 4:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
  • 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now they are many members, but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
  • Prov 27:17 : 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
  • Num 11:14 : 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
  • John 4:36 : 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
  • Acts 15:39-40 : 39 And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus; 40 but Paul choose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
  • Hag 1:14 : 14 And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
  • Mark 6:7 : 7 And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
  • Exod 4:14-16 : 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 4:10-12
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    86%

    10For 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.

    11Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone] ?

    12And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

    7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    8There 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.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
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    74%

    2Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

    3yea, 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.

    4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    73%

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    37For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

  • Eccl 2:20-22
    3 verses
    71%

    20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9
    71%

    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

  • Gen 2:18
    70%

    18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything [that shall be] after him.

  • Eccl 3:22
    69%

    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 1:3
    69%

    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Isa 41:6
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    6They help every one his neighbor; and [every one] saith to his brother, Be of good courage.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
    68%

    8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

  • Gen 2:24
    68%

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Eccl 5:18
    68%

    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

  • Matt 25:17
    68%

    17In like manner he also that [received] the two gained other two.

  • Prov 17:17
    68%

    17A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

  • Mark 10:8
    68%

    8and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

  • Eccl 9:4
    68%

    4For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 6:11
    68%

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Eccl 6:9
    68%

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Gal 6:4
    68%

    4But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.

  • Prov 13:11
    67%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • Eccl 3:12
    67%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  • Amos 3:3
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    3Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

  • Eccl 8:15
    67%

    15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Eccl 6:7
    67%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 2:17
    67%

    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

  • Prov 27:17
    67%

    17Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  • Prov 10:4
    67%

    4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Job 41:17
    67%

    17They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.