Ecclesiastes 4:12
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| Overview - Ecclesiastes 4 | |
| 1 | Vanity is increased unto men by oppression; |
| 4 | by envy; |
| 5 | by idleness; |
| 7 | by covetousness; |
| 9 | by solitariness; |
| 13 | by wilfulness. |
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Ecclesiastes 4:12 (King James Version)
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- And if
- This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one.
- and a
- 2 Samuel 23:9 2 Samuel 23:16 2 Samuel 23:18 2 Samuel 23:19 2 Samuel 23:23 ; Daniel 3:16 Daniel 3:17 ; Ephesians 4:3