Daily Meditation
13 Better is a poor
and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Today’s Reading
Ecclesiastes
Chapter 4
Two are better than
one
1 So I returned, and
considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the
tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of
their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I
praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet
alive. 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath
not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Again, I
considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of
his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth
his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with
quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 Then I returned,
and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a
second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his
labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do
I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore
travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their
labour. 10 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. 11
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
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