Solomon
Ecclesiastes 4:9BSB·traditional attribution

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

John Gill Reformed Baptist

Two are better than one because man was made for society, not solitude. In conversation with a friend or in religious fellowship, two labor together and share a good reward: the presence of Christ, mutual counsel and comfort, and the pleasure of instruction that each gives the other.

AI summary

Geneva Bible Notes Reformed

Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. (f) As when man is alone, he can neither help himself nor others, he shows that men should live in mutual society to the intent that they may be profitable one to another, and that their things may increase.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian

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.

AI summary

Commenting on Ecclesiastes 4:7-12