Ecclesiastes 4:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Where one alone may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply cord is not easily broken.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:16

Thereupon the three warriors broke through the encampment of the Philistines, drew water from the cistern by the gate of Bethlehem, and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it, and instead poured it out to the Lord,

2 Samuel 23:23

but was more famous than any of the Thirty. However, he did not attain to the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 23:9

Next to him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the Three warriors with David at Ephes-dammim, when they insulted the Philistines who had massed there for battle. The Israelites had retreated,

Ecclesiastes 4:11

So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm?

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows caution;

Ephesians 4:3

striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: