Ecclesiastes 2
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1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
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2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
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6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
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7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
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8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
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25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:1
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; ta...Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than t...James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you...James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your...Psalms 27:8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will...
Ecclesiastes 2:2
Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of...Ecclesiastes 7:2¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasti...Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and...Amos 6:3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Ecclesiastes 2:3
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is n...Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived t...Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Ecclesiastes 12:13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his command...
Ecclesiastes 2:4
1 Kings 7:1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his h...1 Kings 15:19There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: beh...Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.1 Kings 10:19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there...Song of Solomon 7:12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether t...
Ecclesiastes 2:5
Jeremiah 39:4¶ And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all th...Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until...Genesis 2:8¶ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man w...Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the g...Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there wa...Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her root...Psalms 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth...Song of Solomon 7:4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by th...
Ecclesiastes 2:7
Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my h...1 Kings 9:20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites...1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside...2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattl...2 Chronicles 32:27¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasur...
Ecclesiastes 2:8
1 Kings 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very...2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can...1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty ta...1 Kings 10:14¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threes...Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
1 Chronicles 29:25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and besto...Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have...1 Kings 10:23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.2 Chronicles 9:22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.1 Kings 10:7Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,...
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoic...Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy van...Ecclesiastes 5:18¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to dri...Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall...
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanit...1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?Exodus 39:43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD...Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the...
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:1
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; ta...Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than t...James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you...James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your...Psalms 27:8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will...
Ecclesiastes 2:2
Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of...Ecclesiastes 7:2¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasti...Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and...Amos 6:3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Ecclesiastes 2:3
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is n...Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived t...Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life...Ephesians 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;Ecclesiastes 12:13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his command...
Ecclesiastes 2:4
1 Kings 7:1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his h...1 Kings 15:19There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: beh...Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.1 Kings 10:19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there...Song of Solomon 7:12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether t...
Ecclesiastes 2:5
Jeremiah 39:4¶ And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all th...Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until...Genesis 2:8¶ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man w...Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the g...Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there wa...Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her root...Psalms 1:3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth...Song of Solomon 7:4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by th...
Ecclesiastes 2:7
Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my h...1 Kings 9:20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites...1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside...2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattl...2 Chronicles 32:27¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasur...
Ecclesiastes 2:8
1 Kings 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very...2 Samuel 19:35I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can...1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty ta...1 Kings 10:14¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threes...Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
1 Chronicles 29:25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and besto...Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have...1 Kings 10:23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.2 Chronicles 9:22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.1 Kings 10:7Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,...
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoic...Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy van...Ecclesiastes 5:18¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to dri...Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall...
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanit...1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, a...Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?Exodus 39:43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD...Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the...
Ecclesiastes 2:12