Ecclesiastes 2:3

The Scriptures 1998

I searched in my heart how to stimulate my body with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their lives.

Cross References

Genesis 47:9

And Yaʽ

Job 14:14

If a man dies, would he live again? All the days of my struggle I wait, till my change comes.

Psalm 104:15

And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make the face shine, And bread which sustains man’s heart.

Proverbs 20:1

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom – and to know madness and folly. I know that this too is feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life; and the silver answers all.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind!

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A man could do no better but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself in his labour! That too, I saw, was from the hand of Elohim.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

See what I have seen: It is good and pleasant for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his futile life, which he passes like a shadow? For who declares to man what shall be after him, under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you should take hold of this, and also not withhold your hand from the other. For he who fears Elohim comes forth with all of them.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I have turned round, even my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom and a conclusion, to know the wrongness of folly, even of foolishness and madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.

Matthew 6:24

“No one is able to serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall cleave to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve Elohim and mammon.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,

Judges 9:13

“And the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which rejoices mighty ones and men, and go to sway over trees?’

1 Samuel 25:36

And Aḇ