Ecclesiastes 4:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has not another to help him up.

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  • 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also do.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
  • 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
  • Gen 4:8 : 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
  • Exod 32:2-4 : 2 Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
  • Deut 9:19-20 : 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
  • 1 Sam 23:16 : 16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David in the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more. 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.
  • 2 Sam 14:6 : 6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands. 4 Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have strengthened feeble knees.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren.
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?

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  • Eccl 4:8-9
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    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

    9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

  • Eccl 4:11-12
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    11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone?

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

  • 6They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage.

  • 24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

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    16For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

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    17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man lacking understanding shakes hands in a pledge, and becomes surety for his friend.

  • 4You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the way, and hide yourself from them; you shall surely help him to lift them up again.

  • 14Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

  • 24A man who has friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • 4Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have strengthened feeble knees.

  • 12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

  • 17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

  • 34Now when they fall, they shall receive a little help; but many shall join them with flatteries.

  • 10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.

  • 18And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

  • 29When they cast down, then you shall say, 'There is lifting up;' and He shall save the humble person.

  • 8Neither shall one jostle another; each shall walk in his path, and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

  • 11Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also do.

  • Eccl 10:8-10
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    8He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

    9Whoso removes stones shall be hurt by them; and he who splits wood shall be endangered by it.

    10If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

  • 14To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

  • 3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

  • 4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • 17They are joined one to another; they clasp each other, and cannot be parted.

  • 20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • 3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 37For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps.

  • 18Therefore, comfort one another with these words.

  • 12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.

  • 35And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

  • 10Do not forsake your own friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • 25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.

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

  • 14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

  • 14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • 14Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse,"

  • 6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • 27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

  • 11And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

  • 14The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

  • 10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • 24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,