Ecclesiastes 2:3

Legacy Standard Bible

I explored with my heart how to stimulate my body with wine—while my heart was guiding me wisely—and how to seize simpleminded folly, until I could see where is this good for the sons of men in what they do under heaven the few days of their lives.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourning are 130; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning.”

Job 14:14

“If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my labor I will wait Until my change comes.

Psalm 104:15

And wine which makes man’s heart glad, To make his face glisten more than oil, And food which sustains man’s heart.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and simpleminded folly; I came to know that this also is striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine makes life glad, and money is the answer to everything.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and have his soul see good in his labor. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you seize one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my heart to know, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness and the simpleminded folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I laud gladness, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will join with him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Judges 9:13

But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which makes God and men glad, and go to wave over the trees?’

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything small or great until the morning light.