Ecclesiastes 4:5-12

⁵The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

⁶Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

⁷Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

⁸There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

⁹Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

¹⁰For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

¹¹Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

¹²And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.