Ecclesiastes 2:1

Tree of Life Version

I said within myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.” Yet behold, this too was meaningless.

Cross References

Luke 12:19

And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend enjoyment, because there is nothing better for humanity under the sun except to eat, drink and enjoy it. So this joy will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

James 5:5

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.

Psalm 27:8

To You my heart says: “Seek My face.” Your face, Adonai, I seek.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

Titus 3:3

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury every day.

Isaiah 50:11

“Behold, all you who kindle a fire, encircling yourselves with firebrands. Walk in the light of your fire and among the brands you have lit. This you will have from My hand: you will lie down in torment.”

Isaiah 50:5

Adonai Elohim has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: “I, even I, will have the same destiny as a fool. So why have I become so wise?” I said in my heart, “This too is meaningless.”

Psalm 14:1

For the music director, of David. The fool said in his heart: “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 10:6

He says in his heart: “I’ll never be shaken! From generation to generation nothing bad will happen.”

2 Kings 5:5

The king of Aram said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, 6,000 pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothes.

Genesis 11:7

Come! Let Us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”

Luke 16:23

And from Sheol, as he was in torment, he raised his eyes. And he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side.

Isaiah 5:5

So now, I will make known to you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down the fence, and it will be trodden down.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

I denied myself nothing that my eyes desired; I withheld from my heart no enjoyment. My heart took delight from all my toil— this was my reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:25

For who can eat and who can have joy, apart from Him?