Ecclesiastes 2:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

Ephesians 5:18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:

Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.

Job 14:14

Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? All the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come.

1 Samuel 25:36

And Abigail came to Nabal. And, behold, he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry: for he was very drunk. And she told him nothing less or more until morning.

Genesis 47:9

He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil. And they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers.

Judges 9:13

And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Psalm 104:15

Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.