Ecclesiastes 4:6-11

⁶Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and chasing after wind.

⁷Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

⁸There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labour and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

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

¹⁰For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.

¹¹Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?