Ecclesiastes 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Sought

Ecclesiastes 1:17

1 Samuel 25:36

Yet

Proverbs 20:1

Proverbs 31:4

Ephesians 5:18

And to lay

2 Corinthians 6:15

Till

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Ecclesiastes 12:13

All

Genesis 47:9

Job 14:14

Psalm 90:9

Bible References

Sought

yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.

And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.

Yet

Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink,

And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -

And to lay

It is well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, - for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.

Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other ,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.

And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

Till

For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow, - for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun?

The conclusion of the matter - the whole, let us hear, - Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, concerneth all mankind.

All

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years, - Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.

If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -

For, all our days, decline in thy wrath, - We end our years like a sigh.