Ecclesiastes 2:1

Lighthouse Bible 2006

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with cheerfulness, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Cross References

Genesis 11:7

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

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, Go ahead, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Psalm 10:6

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Psalm 14:1

​The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.

Psalm 27:8

When you said, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto you, Your face, LORD, will I seek.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that gladness is sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

For who can eat, or who else can pursue pleasures, more than I?

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of partying.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I recommended cheerfulness, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall remain with him of his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

Isaiah 5:5

And now consider; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who surround yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have from my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backwards.

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and lived luxuriously every day:

Luke 16:23

And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were at one time foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

James 4:13

Come on now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

James 5:1

Go on now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

James 5:5

You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and in luxury; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.