Ecclesiastes 2:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;  enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile.

Cross References

Luke 12:19

Then I’ll say to myself, ‘You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy;   eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ”

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

James 5:5

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts  in a day of slaughter.

James 5:1

Come now, you rich  people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.’

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions  and pleasures,  living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

Luke 16:19

‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen,   feasting lavishly every day.

Isaiah 50:11

Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with   torches; walk in the light of your fire and of the torches you have lit! This is what you’ll get from my hand: you will lie down in a place of torment.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young person, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desire of your eyes; but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgement.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, ‘What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ’  And I said to myself that this is also futile.

2 Kings 5:5

Therefore, the king of Aram said, ‘Go, and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.’ So he went and took with him 350 kilograms  of silver, 70 kilograms  of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

Genesis 11:7

Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.’

Luke 16:23

And being in torment   in Hades,   he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter a heart may be sad, and joy may end in grief.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

because who can eat and who can enjoy life  apart from him?