And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
The covetous man is a slave to his own appetite, laboring night and day with no one to feed but himself, yet his eye is never satisfied with riches. He has enough for his back and belly and calling, but not for his eyes; he counts his money and will not spend it, bereaving himself of all comfort in what he grasps.
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Commenting on Ecclesiastes 4:7-12
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him,.... If an enemy, or a thief, or a robber, attack anyone of them, in friendship and fellowship together, and is more than a match for him; both joined together will be able to resist him; so that he shall not succeed in his enterprise, and do the mischief he designed; see Sa2 10:11; Thus, when...
one--enemy. threefold cord--proverbial for a combination of many--for example, husband, wife, and children (Pro 11:14); so Christians (Luk 10:1; Col 2:2, Col 2:19). Untwist the cord, and the separate threads are easily "broken."