Eccl.2.1

Ecclesiastes 2:1

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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

The Futility of Pleasure

Cross References

Proverbs 14:13

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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The Wise Woman

Ecclesiastes 7:4

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

The Value of Wisdom

Wisdom and Folly Contrasted

Ecclesiastes 8:15

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Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.