Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:1 (show verse)
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy good things; and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 (show verse)
I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?
Ecclesiastes 2:3 (show verse)
I proposed in my heart to regale my flesh with wine and that my heart would walk in wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, until 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 (show verse)
I made myself great works; I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
Ecclesiastes 2:5 (show verse)
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits;
Ecclesiastes 2:6 (show verse)
I made myself pools of water, to water with them the forest that brings forth trees;
Ecclesiastes 2:7 (show verse)
I got myself slaves and maidens and had sons born in my house; also I had great possessions of cattle and sheep above all that were in Jerusalem before me;
Ecclesiastes 2:8 (show verse)
I gathered unto myself also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I obtained men singers and women singers and all the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and those of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 (show verse)
So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem, and more than that, my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 (show verse)
And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 (show verse)
At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:12 (show verse)
And I turned myself to behold wisdom and those who are mad, and folly; for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has already been done.
Ecclesiastes 2:13 (show verse)
And I have seen that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 (show verse)
The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness: And I myself also understood that one event happens to the one and to the other.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 (show verse)
Then I said in my heart, As it shall happen to the fool, so it shall happen even to me. Why have I worked until now to make myself wiser? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 (show verse)
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever, seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And also the wise man shall die the same as the fool.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 (show verse)
Therefore I hated life because every work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all was vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 (show verse)
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 (show verse)
And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool, he who shall have rule over all my labour in which I have laboured and in which I have showed myself wise under the sun? This is also vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:20 (show verse)
Therefore my heart began to despair again regarding all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 (show verse)
That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 (show verse)
For what does man have of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart in which he has laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:23 (show verse)
For all his days are only sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 (show verse)
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. I also have seen that this is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:25 (show verse)
For who can eat, or who can care for himself better than I?
Ecclesiastes 2:26 (show verse)
For God gives to the man that is good in his sight wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to the one that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.