Ecclesiastes 4:7-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁷ I looked again and saw another example of meaningless vapor under the sun: ⁸ There was a single person all alone, without even a son or a brother, and there was no end to all his hard work. His eyes also were not satisfied with wealth. “So for whom am I working so hard,” he asks, “and depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is vapor and a miserable task.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their hard work.