5. The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with toil and vexation of spirit.
7. Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8. There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.
9. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
10. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him to rise.
11. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12. And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
13. Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14. For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
15. I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.