Ecclesiastes 2:1

The Vanity of Self-Indulgence

1 I said a in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with b mirth; 1 therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, c this also was vanity.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 12:19
    'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 14:13
    Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.
    Ecclesiastes 7:4
    The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
    Ecclesiastes 8:15
    So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
  3. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 1:2
    "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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