Ecclesiastes 2:1

Qohelet's Investigation Of Self-Indulgence

¹ I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. ² I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

Enjoy Good

What is Good

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Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Luke 12:19

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

Genesis 11:3-4

They said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

2 Kings 5:5

The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Psalm 10:6

He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

Psalm 14:1

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

Psalm 27:8

When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, LORD."

Psalm 30:6-7

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

Ecclesiastes 1:16-17

I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:17-18

I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Luke 16:19

"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

Luke 16:23

In hell, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

Titus 3:3

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:5

You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

Revelation 18:7-8

However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'