Ecclesiastes 2:2 · KJV
“I said of laughter, {It is} mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also {is} vanity.
I 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. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}
Ecclesiastes 2 — Context
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also {is} vanity.
2I said of laughter, {It is} mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Cross References
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.
Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
{It is} better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that {is} the end of all men; and the living will lay {it} to his heart.
1 Peter 4:2-4
That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Amos 6:3-6
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; {seat: or, habitation}
Isaiah 22:12-13
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
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