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Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 · Bible in Basic English
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
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6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.
10 And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
11 So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?
12 And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.
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