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Ecclesiastes 4:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

11 So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm? 12 Where one alone may be overcome, two together can resist. A three-ply cord[a] is not easily broken.

13 [b]Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows caution;

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Footnotes

  1. 4:12 A three-ply cord: an ancient proverb known centuries before biblical times. The progression (“two together…three-ply”) seems to imply, “If two are good, three are even better.”
  2. 4:13–16 This passage deals with kingship and succession, but is obscure.
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