Ecclesiastes 4:9
Therfore two are better then one, for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure.
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- Gen 2:18 : 18 And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.
- 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 But now hath God set the membres, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 Neuertheles yf all the mebres were one membre, where were then the body? 20 But now are the membres many, yet is the body but one. 21 The eye can not saye vnto the hande: I haue no nede of the: or agayne the heade vnto the fete, I haue no nede of you:
- Prov 27:17 : 17 Like as one yro whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.
- Num 11:14 : 14 I am not able to beare all this people alone, for it is to heuy for me.
- John 4:36 : 36 And he that reapeth, receaueth rewarde, and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth, maye reioyse together.
- Acts 15:39-40 : 39 And so sharpe was the strife betwene them, that they departed asunder ye one fro the other, and Barnabas toke Marke vnto him, and sayled vnto Cypers. 40 But Paul chose Sylas, and departed, beynge comytted of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
- Acts 13:2 : 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them.
- Hag 1:14 : 14 So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda, and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest, and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people: yt they came & laboured, in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God.
- Mark 6:7 : 7 And called the twolue, and begane to sende them two and two, and gaue them power ouer the vncleane spretes.
- Ruth 2:12 : 12 The LORDE recompence the thy doinge, and thy rewarde be parfecte wt the LORDE God of Israel, vnto whom thou art come to put thy trust vnder his wynges.
- Exod 4:14-16 : 14 Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses, and saide: Do not I knowe then, yt thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken? And beholde, he shal go forth to mete ye: & whan he seyth the, he shal reioyse from his hert. 15 Thou shalt speake vnto him, & put the wordes in his mouth: & I wil be with thy mouth & his, and teach you what ye shall doo: 16 & he shall speake vnto the people for the. He shal be thy mouth, & thou shalt be his God.
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- Eccl 4:10-123 verses86%
10Yf one of them fall, his companyon helpeth him vp againe: But wo is him that is alone, for yf he fall, he hath not another to helpe him vp.
11Agayne, when two slepe together, they are warme: but how can a body be warme alone?
12One maye be ouercome, but two maye make resistauce: A thre folde cable is not lightly broken.
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6One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
7Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.
8There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.
- Eccl 4:2-43 verses74%
2Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, to be more happie then soch as be alyue:
3yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.
4Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.
- Eccl 2:24-263 verses73%
24Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:
25For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?
26he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.
- John 4:36-372 verses71%
36And he that reapeth, receaueth rewarde, and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth, maye reioyse together.
37For herin is the prouerbe true: One soweth, another reapeth.
- Eccl 2:20-223 verses71%
20So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:
21for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.
22For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,
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9What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?
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18And the LORDE God sayde: It is not good yt ma shulde be alone. I wil make him an helpe, to beare him copany.
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14Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.
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22Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?
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3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?
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9Vse thy self to lyue ioyfully wt thy wife whom thou louest, all ye daies of thy life (which is but vayne) yt God hath geue the vnder the Sonne, all ye dayes of thy vanite: for yt is thy porcion in this life, of all thy labor & trauayle yt thou takest vnder the Sonne.
10What so euer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power: for amoge the deed (where as thou goest vnto) there is nether worke, councell, knowlege ner wy?dome.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses68%
10& loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle.
11But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.
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2For thou shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes: o well is the, happie art thou.
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6Euery man hath exorted his neghboure, and brother, and bydden him be stronge.
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8As for him that planteth, and he that watreth, ye one is as the other: but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure.
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24For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one flesh.
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18Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion.
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17Likewyse he yt receaued two talentes, wane other two also.
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17He is a frende that allwaye loueth, and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother.
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8and they two shalbe one flesh. Now are they not twayne the, but one flesh.
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4And why? As longe as a man lyueth, he is careles: for a quyck dogg (saye they) is better the a deed lion:
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11A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?
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9The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
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4Let euery man proue his owne worke, and the shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe, and not in another.
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11Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.
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12So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth.
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2It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte.
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3Maye twaine walke together excepte they be agreed amonge them selues?
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6Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to sowe thy sede, whether it be in ye mornynge or in the euenynge: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prospere, & yf they both take, it is the better.
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15Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne, then to eate and drynke, and to be mery: for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life, which God geueth him vnder the Sonne.+
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7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
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17Thus begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of mynde:
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23Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
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17Like as one yro whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.
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4An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.
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17Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.