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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecc 4:12 — And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one. |
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2Sa 23:9,16,18,19,23; Dan 3:16,17; Eph 4:3 |
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2Sa 23:9 |
And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines [that] were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: |
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2Sa 23:16 |
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. |
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2Sa 23:18 |
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [and] slew [them], and had the name among three. |
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2Sa 23:19 |
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three. |
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2Sa 23:23 |
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard. |
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Dan 3:16 |
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter. |
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Dan 3:17 |
If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king. |
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Eph 4:3 |
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 4:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/4/12.html>.
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