Ecclesiastes 4

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. 10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one*Literally "there is not a second" to help him up. 11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.*Literally "and it will be warm for them" But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.*Literally "And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him" A threefold cord is not easily broken!*Literally "will not be broken in haste"