9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. …
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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