Ecclesiastes 4:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:3 : 3 Endeuouring to keepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Dan 3:16-17 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchad-nezzar, we are not carefull to answere thee in this matter. 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hote fierie fornace, and hee will deliuer vs out of thine hand, O King.

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    8There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

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  • Eccl 4:13
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  • Job 41:16-17
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  • Mark 3:24-25
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  • Prov 30:29
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  • Deut 25:11
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