Ecclesiastes 4:9

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

And יהוה  Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone, I am going to make a helper for him, as his counterpart.”

1 Chronicles 19:12

And he said, “If Aram is too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I shall help you.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if they fall, one lifts his companion up. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.

Haggai 1:14

And יהוה  stirred up the spirit of Zerubbaḇ

Numbers 11:14

“I am unable to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.

Mark 6:7

And He called the twelve near, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

John 4:36

“He who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping rejoice together.

Acts 13:2

And as they were doing service to the Master and fasted, the Set-apart Spirit said, “Separate unto Me Barnaḇ

2 John 1:8

See to yourselves, that we do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a complete reward.

Ruth 2:12

“יהוה  repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ