Ecclesiastes 4:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!”
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“For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 4:10 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- Exodus 32:2So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
- Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Deuteronomy 9:19For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
- 1 Samuel 23:16And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- 2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 14:6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- Job 4:3Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
- Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
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