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11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.[a] But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.[b] A threefold cord is not easily broken![c]

One Must Be Willing to Listen to Counsel

13 A poor but wise youth is better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:11 Literally “and it will be warm for them”
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:12 Literally “And even though he will prevail against him, the one; the second, they will withstand opposite him”
  3. Ecclesiastes 4:12 Literally “will not be broken in haste”
  4. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Literally “how to be warned”