Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁹ Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. ¹⁰ For if ^[a]either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not ^[b]another to lift him up. ¹¹ Furthermore, if two lie down together they ^[c]keep warm, but ^(A)how can one be warm alone? ¹² And if ^[d]one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.