Ecclesiastes 4:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

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  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
  • 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor 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 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
  • Acts 15:39-40 : 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
  • Hag 1:14 : 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
  • Mark 6:7 : 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
  • Exod 4:14-16 : 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? 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 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 he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

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  • Eccl 4:10-12
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    10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

    11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

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

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

    7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
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    2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

    3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

    26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight 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 is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

  • Eccl 2:20-22
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    20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

  • Gen 2:18
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    18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Eccl 9:9-10
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    69%

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

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

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    68%

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

    11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Isa 41:6
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    6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

  • 1 Cor 3:8
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    8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  • Gen 2:24
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    24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

  • Matt 25:17
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    17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

  • Prov 17:17
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    17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

  • Mark 10:8
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    8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

  • Eccl 9:4
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    4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2 It 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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    3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

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

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

  • Prov 27:17
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    17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Job 41:17
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    17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.