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And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist… Ecclesiastes 4:12

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. Ecclesiastes 4:12	And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. relationships friendship strength
For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! Ecclesiastes 4:10	For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! relationships friendship neighbor

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1	For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. planning life heaven
One who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves abundance with its income. This too is futility. Ecclesiastes 5:10	He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. money greed materialism
Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. Ecclesiastes 7:10	Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. wisdom life
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. Ecclesiastes 4:9	Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. friendship relationships work
Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything. Ecclesiastes 11:5	As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. God understanding
So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Ecclesiastes 11:10	Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. sadness worrying heart
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11	He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. creation understanding life
On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him. Ecclesiastes 7:14	In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. joy life dependence