Beliebte Verse in Ecclesiastes 4

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Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship. If one falls, he shall be supported by the other. Woe to one who is alone. For when he falls, he has no one to lift him up.

And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.

And if two are sleeping, they warm one another. How can one person alone be warmed?

"A handful with rest is better than both hands filled with labors and with affliction of the soul."

Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.

Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.