Ecclesiastes 4:7-15

⁷Then I turned and saw other vanity under the sun.

⁸There is one who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. “For whom, then saith he, do I labor and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

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

¹⁰For if they fall, the one will lift his fellow up; but woe to him who is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help him up!

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

¹²And if an enemy prevail against one, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

¹³Better is a child poor but wise, than a king old and foolish, who will no more be admonished.

¹⁴For out of prison cometh forth such a one to reign; for in his own kingdom he was born a poor man.

¹⁵I saw that all the living, who walk under the sun, were with the child who stood up in his stead.