Ecclesiastes 2:2

Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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Psalms 5:5
The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

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Psalms 39:6
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:21
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

Ecclesiastes 7:25
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

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Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

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Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and 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 into judgment.

Isaiah 22:12
In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

Isaiah 22:13
and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

Amos 6:5
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Amos 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

1 Peter 4:3
For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.

Revelation 18:7
However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire, for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

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Romans 5:11
Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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