Ecclesiastes 2:1

Modern King James Version

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore consider and behold goodness; this also is vanity.

Cross References

Luke 12:19

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

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

James 5:5

You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and lived wantonly. You have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

James 5:1

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

Psalm 27:8

My heart says to You, Seek my face; Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek;

James 4:13

Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, and we will trade and will make a profit,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who are surrounded with sparks; walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks which you have kindled. This you shall have of My hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Isaiah 50:5

The Lord Jehovah has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away backwards.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, in your youth, young man; 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 7:4

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

Ecclesiastes 2:15

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

Psalm 14:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

Psalm 10:6

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil!

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, Go, go in 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 of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they cannot understand one another's speech.

Luke 16:23

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

Isaiah 5:5

And now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard; I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down;

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

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

Ecclesiastes 2:25

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?