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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.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 7-12)

Here Solomon fastens upon another instance of the vanity of this world, that frequently the more men have of it the more they would have; and on this they are so intent that they have no enjoyment of what they have. Now Solomon here shows, I. That selfishness is the cause of this evil ( Eccl. 4:7 , 8 ): There is one alone , that minds none but himself, cares for nobody, but would, if he could, be ...

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