"Two {are} better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour." — Ecclesiastes 4:9

Ecclesiastes 4:9 · KJV

“Two {are} better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”

— Ecclesiastes 4:9

There is one {alone}, and {there is} not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet {is there} no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither {saith he}, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This {is} also vanity, yea, it {is} a sore travail.

Verse 10

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him {that is} alone when he falleth; for {he hath} not another to help him up.

Ecclesiastes 4 — Context

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Two {are} better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him {that is} alone when he falleth; for {he hath} not another to help him up.

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm {alone}?

Cross References

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, {It is} not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. {meet...: Heb. as before him}

1 Corinthians 12:18-21

But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

Numbers 11:14

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because {it is} too heavy for me.

Mark 6:7

And he called {unto him} the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

John 4:36

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Ruth 2:12

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Acts 13:2

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.