Ecclesiastes 4:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is^[a] never satisfied with wealth. “So for whom do I work,” he asks,^[b] “and deprive myself of pleasure?” This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. ¹⁰ If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend—but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up.