Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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Ecclesiastes 4:7-11
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4:9-12 Two people are better off than one: The solitary man (4:8) brings to mind the advantages of partnerships for business and for personal well-being.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body.
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
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