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

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.

Yet

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to lust for strong drink;

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

And to lay

It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from all of them.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever goes astray by it is not wise.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?

No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

And what agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?

Till

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty of man.

All

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and I have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

If a man die, shall he revive? All the days of my warfare I will wait, until my change comes.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath; we finish our years like a murmur.