Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Epicureans » Doctrines propagated by, familiar to solomon
Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness, - but lo! even that, was vanity. Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do? I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh, - but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life. read more.
I enlarged my works, - I built me houses, I planted me vineyards; I made me gardens, and parks, - I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit; I made me pools of water, - to irrigate therefrom the thick-set saplings growing up into trees: I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem; I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces, - I provided me singing-men and singing-women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives. So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem, - moreover, my wisdom, remained with me; and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, - I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.
I enlarged my works, - I built me houses, I planted me vineyards; I made me gardens, and parks, - I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit; I made me pools of water, - to irrigate therefrom the thick-set saplings growing up into trees: I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem; I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces, - I provided me singing-men and singing-women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives. So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem, - moreover, my wisdom, remained with me; and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, - I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Even, in laughter, the heart may be in pain, and, the latter end of gladness, be grief.
Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.
For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.
Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;
Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.