Ecclesiastes 4:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:3 : 3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.
  • Dan 3:16-17 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question. 17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.

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    10And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

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  • Amos 3:3
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  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Job 41:16-17
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  • Mark 3:24-25
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    24If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

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  • Eccl 7:19
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  • Prov 30:29
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    29There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:

  • Deut 25:11
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    11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Luke 12:52
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  • Deut 19:15
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    15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

  • Matt 18:16
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    16But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

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    24There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

  • Prov 30:21
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    21For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

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  • Luke 11:22
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    5A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

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  • Matt 19:6
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    22Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

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