Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
worldly Amusements and pleasures » The wicked seek for happiness in
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men.
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Amusements and worldly pleasures » The wicked seek for happiness in
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men.
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Emptiness » Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)
Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.
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I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
Epicureans » Worldly pleasure sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
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So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
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butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Epicureans » Doctrines propagated by, familiar to solomon
I said to myself, "Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure and enjoy what is good." But it turned out to be futile. I said about laughter, "It is madness," and about pleasure, "What does this accomplish?" I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly-my mind still guiding me with wisdom-until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. read more.
I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them. I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees. I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned many herds of cattle and flocks, more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men. Thus, I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.
I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them. I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees. I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned many herds of cattle and flocks, more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men. Thus, I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is vain
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
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So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
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butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Vanity » Worldly pleasure is
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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Vanity » Worldly pleasure
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
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sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.
There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.
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So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.
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butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”