Ecclesiastes 4:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ There was a solitary individual,
    without a friend, with neither a son nor a brother.
Yet there was no end to his toil,
    and wealth did not satisfy his greed.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
    “and depriving myself of pleasures?”
This also is vanity
    and a worthless task.
⁹ Two are better than one:
    they earn a far greater reward for their toil.
¹⁰ And if one should fall,
    his companion will help him up.
How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls
    and has no one to assist him to his feet.