Ecclesiastes 4:12 (KJV)
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 is verse of the day number 65 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “A threefold cord”. It comes from Ecclesiastes 4, and 6 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 in other translations
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Ecclesiastes 4:12 in context
Ecclesiastes 4:9–15 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10For 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.
11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 4:12
Passages most often linked to Ecclesiastes 4:12, strongest connections first.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
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