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Ecclesiastes 4:11
Ecclesiastes 4:11 is verse 11 of Ecclesiastes chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
King James Version
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
World English Bible
Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
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Ecclesiastes 4:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
10 For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?
12 And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 1:1Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
1 Kings 1:2So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”