Ecclesiastes 2:1

God's Word

I thought to myself, “Now I want to experiment with pleasure and enjoy myself.” But even this was pointless.

Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Let us go down there and mix up their language so that they won’t understand each other.”

2 Kings 5:5

The king of Aram said, “You may go. I will also send a letter to the king of Israel.” When Naaman left, he took 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and 10 sets of clothing with him.

Psalm 10:6

He says to himself, “Nothing can shake me. I’ll never face any trouble.”

Psalm 14:1

Godless fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. There is no one who does good things.

Psalm 27:8

⌞When you said,⌟ “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “O Lord, I will seek your face.”

Proverbs 14:13

Even while laughing a heart can ache, and joy can end in grief.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You young people should enjoy yourselves while you’re young. You should let your hearts make you happy when you’re young. Follow wherever your heart leads you and whatever your eyes see. But realize that God will make you give an account for all these things when he judges everyone.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

If something appealed to me, I did it. I allowed myself to have any pleasure I wanted, since I found pleasure in my work. This was my reward for all my hard work.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “⌞If⌟ the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?” So I thought that even this is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

Who can eat or enjoy themselves without God?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The minds of wise people think about funerals, but the minds of fools think about banquets.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend the enjoyment ⌞of life⌟. People have nothing better to do under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy themselves. This joy will stay with them while they work hard during their brief lives which God has given them under the sun.

Isaiah 5:5

Now then, let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will tear away its hedge so that it can be devoured and tear down its wall so that it can be trampled.

Isaiah 50:11

But all of you light fires and arm yourselves with flaming torches. So walk in your own light and among the torches you have lit. This is what you will receive from me: You will be tormented.

Isaiah 50:5

The Almighty Lord will open my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away ⌞from him⌟.

Luke 12:19

Then I’ll say to myself, “You’ve stored up a lot of good things for years to come. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.” ’

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who wore expensive clothes. Every day was like a party to him.

Luke 16:23

He went to hell, where he was constantly tortured. As he looked up, in the distance he saw Abraham and Lazarus.

Titus 3:3

Indeed, we, too, were once stupid, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures. We were mean and jealous. We were hated, and we hated each other.

James 4:13

Pay attention to this! You’re saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go into some city, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money.”

James 5:1

Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.

James 5:5

You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.