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Ecclesiastes 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Two Are Better Than One

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolFriends Help Each Other

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenTogether

TWO → picture 2HELP → picture 4WARM → picture 1CORD → picture 3

Grade 1Better Together

The one will lift up his fellow. → picture 2Two have warmth together. → picture 4A threefold cord is not quickly broken. → picture 5Two are better than one. → picture 1A poor and wise youth is better than a foolish king. → picture 3

Order:

1. Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind2. Two are better than one3. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow4. If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken

Grade 2Better Than One

  1. Who did the Preacher see? A man who was all alone
  2. What are better than one? Two (circle)
  3. What can a friend do if you fall? Help you up (circle)
  4. What is not quickly broken? A threefold cord (circle)
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Grade 3A Threefold Cord

  1. What did those who were oppressed lack? A comforter
  2. What are the lonely man's eyes not satisfied with? Wealth
  3. Why are two better than one? They have a good reward for their labor.
  4. What is better than two handfuls with labor? A handful, with quietness
1: Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind2: Two are better than one3: For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow4: If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken
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Grade 4Friends and Contentment

  1. What did the oppressed have no one to do? Comfort them
  2. What drives much labor and achievement? The envy of a man's neighbor
  3. What does the man who is alone have neither of? Son nor brother
  4. What happens to him who is alone when he falls? He doesn't have another to lift him up.
  5. What can two do against one who prevails? Withstand him

Word bank: 1. two; 2. one; 3. cord

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Not Quickly Broken

  1. What did the Preacher see with the oppressed? Tears
  2. What does the fool do with his hands? He folds his hands together and ruins himself.
  3. What does the lonely worker ask? For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?
  4. What do two have when they lie together? Warmth
  5. What does Paul tell us to bear? One another's burdens
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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