Ecclesiastes 4:9
The two `are' better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.
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- Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'
- 1 Cor 12:18-21 : 18 and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed, 19 and if all were one member, where the body? 20 and now, indeed, `are' many members, and one body; 21 and an eye is not able to say to 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 by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
- Num 11:14 : 14 I am not able -- I alone -- to bear all this people, for `it is' too heavy for me;
- John 4:36 : 36 `And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;
- Acts 15:39-40 : 39 there came, therefore, a sharp contention, so that they were parted from one another, and Barnabas having taken Mark, did sail to Cyprus, 40 and Paul having chosen Silas, went forth, having been given up to the grace of God by the brethren;
- Acts 13:2 : 2 and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'
- Hag 1:14 : 14 And Jehovah doth stir up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they come in, and do work in the house of Jehovah of Hosts their God,
- Mark 6:7 : 7 and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,
- Ruth 2:12 : 12 Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'
- Exod 4:14-16 : 14 And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart, 15 and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do; 16 and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he -- he is to thee for a mouth, and thou -- thou art to him for God;
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- Eccl 4:10-123 verses86%
10 For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
11 Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?
12 And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.
- Eccl 4:6-83 verses77%
6 `Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'
7 And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:
8 There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
- Eccl 4:2-43 verses74%
2 And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
3 And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.
4 And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 2:24-263 verses73%
24 There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.
25 For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?
26 For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
- John 4:36-372 verses71%
36 `And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;
37 for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
- Eccl 2:20-223 verses71%
20 And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?
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9 What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
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18 And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.'
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14 In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
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22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
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3 What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
- Eccl 9:9-102 verses69%
9 See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it `is' thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.
10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses68%
10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,
11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!
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2 The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee.
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6 Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.'
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8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,
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24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
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18 Lo, that which I have seen: `It is' good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it `is' his portion.
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17 in like manner also he who `received' the two, he gained, also he, other two;
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17 At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
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8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
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4 But `to' him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it `is' better than to the dead lion.
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11 For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?
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9 Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
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4 and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,
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11 Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
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12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
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2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.
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3 Do two walk together if they have not met?
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6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.
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15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.
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7 All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
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17 And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.
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23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.
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17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
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4 Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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17 One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.