Ecclesiastes 4:10
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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
Other Translations
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but woe to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up!
And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
Cross References
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, …
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit …
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter …
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.