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Ecclesiastes 4:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. "

Ecclesiastes 4:12

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10 For 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.

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

12 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

14 For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

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"Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter."

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"Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive."

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