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Ecclesiastes 2

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  1. 1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.33 cross-references: Luke 12:19, Ecclesiastes 8:15, James 5:1, James 5:5, Psalms 27:8
  2. 2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?11 cross-references: Proverbs 14:13, 1 Peter 4:2–4, Ecclesiastes 7:2–6, Isaiah 22:12–13, Amos 6:3–6
  3. 3I 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.25 cross-references: Proverbs 20:1, Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ephesians 5:18, Ecclesiastes 12:13
  4. 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:28 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:1–12, 1 Kings 15:19, Song of Solomon 1:14, 1 Kings 10:19–20, Song of Solomon 7:12
  5. 5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:7 cross-references: Jeremiah 39:4, Luke 17:27–29, Genesis 2:8–9, Song of Solomon 6:2, Song of Solomon 4:12 – Song of Solomon 5:1
  6. 6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:5 cross-references: Nehemiah 2:14, Jeremiah 17:8, Psalms 1:3, Song of Solomon 7:4
  7. 7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:18 cross-references: Genesis 15:3, 1 Kings 9:20–22, 1 Kings 4:23, 2 Chronicles 26:10, 2 Chronicles 32:27–29
  8. 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.25 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:10, 2 Samuel 19:35, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:14, Job 21:11–12
  9. 9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.10 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 29:25, Ecclesiastes 1:16, 1 Kings 10:23, 2 Chronicles 9:22–23, 1 Kings 10:7
  10. 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.26 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Psalms 119:37, Psalms 128:2
  11. 11Then 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.21 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:14, 1 John 2:16–17, Ecclesiastes 1:3, Exodus 39:43, Genesis 1:31
  12. 12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.6 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Ecclesiastes 1:9–10
  13. 13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.19 cross-references: Ephesians 5:8, Ecclesiastes 11:7, Ecclesiastes 7:11–12, Matthew 6:23, Luke 11:34–35
  14. 14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.24 cross-references: Psalms 49:10, Proverbs 17:24, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 9:1–3
  15. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.14 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 6:8, Ecclesiastes 1:14, 1 Kings 3:12, Ecclesiastes 1:18 – Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2
  16. 16For 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 how dieth the wise man? as the fool.22 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:11, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Psalms 88:12, Exodus 1:8, Psalms 103:16
  17. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.34 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:11, Jonah 4:8, Ecclesiastes 4:2, Jeremiah 20:14–18, Job 14:13
  18. 18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.32 cross-references: Psalms 49:10, Psalms 39:6, Luke 16:27–28, Psalms 17:14, Ecclesiastes 9:9
  19. 19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.18 cross-references: James 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:22, 1 Kings 14:25–28, 1 Kings 12:14–20, Ecclesiastes 9:13
  20. 20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.9 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 15:19, 2 Corinthians 1:8–10, Job 17:11–15, 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4, Genesis 43:14
  21. 21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.14 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:17–18, 2 Chronicles 33:2–9, 2 Chronicles 36:5–10, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:17
  22. 22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?28 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Psalms 127:2, Philippians 4:6, Ecclesiastes 4:6, 1 Timothy 6:8
  23. 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.22 cross-references: Job 14:1, Job 5:7, Psalms 6:6–7, Psalms 127:2, Job 7:13–14
  24. 24There 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. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.32 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 8:15, 1 Timothy 6:17, Ecclesiastes 5:18–19, Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
  25. 25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?2 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:1–12, 1 Kings 4:21–24
  26. 26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.48 cross-references: Proverbs 13:22, Job 27:16–17, Proverbs 28:8, Isaiah 3:10–11, John 16:24

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