Ecclesiastes 4:9

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:18 : 18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
  • 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired. 19 If they were all one member, where would the body be? 20 But now they are many members, but one body. 21 The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."
  • Prov 27:17 : 17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
  • 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 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
  • Acts 15:39-40 : 39 Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
  • Hag 1:14 : 14 Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God,
  • Mark 6:7 : 7 He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
  • Exod 4:14-16 : 14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as 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 who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

    11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?

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

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

    7 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    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.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
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    2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

    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.

    4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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

    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26 For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

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

  • Eccl 2:20-22
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    20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

  • Gen 2:18
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    18 Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

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

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

  • Eccl 9:9-10
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    9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10 Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11 Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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    2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

  • Isa 41:6
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    6 Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, "Be strong!"

  • 1 Cor 3:8
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    8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

  • Gen 2:24
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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.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

  • Matt 25:17
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    17 In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

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

  • Mark 10:8
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    8 and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • 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 should take this to heart.

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    3 Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 27:17
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    17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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    17 They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.