Ecclesiastes 4:6-11

⁶One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

⁷Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

⁸It 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.

⁹Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?