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Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:1 (NIV)
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NIV)
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 (NIV)
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:13 (NIV)
Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 (NIV)
The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom.
Ecclesiastes 4:15 (NIV)
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.
Ecclesiastes 4:16 (NIV)
There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:2 (NIV)
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (NIV)
But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 (NIV)
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 (NIV)
Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)
Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 (NIV)
Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 (NIV)
There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!
Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NIV)
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
Ecclesiastes 12:2 (NIV)
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;
Ecclesiastes 12:3 (NIV)
when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;
Ecclesiastes 12:4 (NIV)
when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint;
Ecclesiastes 12:5 (NIV)
when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 (NIV)
Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,
Ecclesiastes 12:7 (NIV)
and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 12:8 (NIV)
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!”
Ecclesiastes 12:9 (NIV)
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.