For 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.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm [alone]?
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also [he that is] born in his kingdom becometh poor.
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.