1. Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were weeping, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.
10. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it's just too bad, because there is no one to help him.
11. If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself?
12. Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person alone. A rope made of three cords is hard to break.
13-14. A man may rise from poverty to become king of his country, or go from prison to the throne, but if in his old age he is too foolish to take advice, he is not as well off as a young man who is poor but intelligent.