Ecclesiastes 4:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:18 : 18 Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.
  • 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 But nowe hath God disposed the members euery one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure. 19 For if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are there many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no neede of thee: nor the head againe to the feete, I haue no neede of you.
  • Prov 27:17 : 17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
  • Num 11:14 : 14 I am not able to beare al this people alone, for it is too heauie for me.
  • John 4:36 : 36 And he that reapeth, receiueth rewarde, and gathereth fruite vnto life eternall, that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.
  • Acts 15:39-40 : 39 Then were they so stirred, that they departed asunder one from the other, so that Barnabas tooke Marke, and sailed vnto Cyprus. 40 And Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended of the brethren vnto the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 Nowe as they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke whereunto I haue called them.
  • Hag 1:14 : 14 And the Lord stirred vp the spirite of Zerubbabel, the sonne of Shealtiel a prince of Iudah, and the spirit of Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, and did the worke in the House of the Lorde of hostes their God.
  • Mark 6:7 : 7 And he called vnto him the twelue, and began to send them forth two and two, and gaue them power ouer vncleane spirits,
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 The Lord recompense thy worke, and a ful reward be giuen thee of the Lord God of Israel, vnder whose wings thou art come to trust.
  • Exod 4:14-16 : 14 Then the Lorde was verie angrie with Moses, and said, Doe not I know Aaron thy brother the Leuite, that he himselfe shall speake? for loe, he commeth also foorth to meete thee, and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 Therefore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put the wordes in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye ought to doe. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman vnto the people: and he shall be, euen he shall be as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 4:10-12
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    10For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

    11Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

    12And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

    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.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
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    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

    4Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    24There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

    25For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?

    26Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36And he that reapeth, receiueth rewarde, and gathereth fruite vnto life eternall, that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.

    37For herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and an other reapeth.

  • Eccl 2:20-22
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    20Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

    22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • Gen 2:18
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    18Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14(7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

  • Eccl 9:9-10
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    9Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.

    10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.

    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2When thou eatest the labours of thine hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Isa 41:6
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    6Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
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    8And he that planteth, and he that watreth, are one, and euery man shall receiue his wages, according to his labour.

  • Gen 2:24
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    24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18(5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.

  • Matt 25:17
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    17Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.

  • Prov 17:17
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    17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.

  • Mark 10:8
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    8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

  • Eccl 9:4
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    4Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let euery man prooue his owne worke: and then shal he haue reioycing in himselfe onely and not in another.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

  • Amos 3:3
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    3Can two walke together except they bee agreed?

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

  • Prov 27:17
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    17Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • Job 41:17
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    17(41:8) One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.