Ecclesiastes 4:12

World English Bible (2000)

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:3 : 3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Dan 3:16-17 : 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

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    8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

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

    10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

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    3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.

  • Job 41:16-17
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    16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

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  • Mark 3:24-25
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    24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

    25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

  • Prov 30:29
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    29 "There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

  • Deut 25:11
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    11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Luke 12:52
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    52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

  • Deut 19:15
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    15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

  • Matt 18:16
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    16 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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    24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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    21 "For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

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

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  • Eccl 4:6
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    6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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  • Prov 24:5-6
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    5 A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

    6 for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

  • Matt 19:6
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    6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."

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    17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

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    24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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    22 Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

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    3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

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    15 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

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    22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

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