Ecclesiastes 2:1
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 2:1
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:1 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 2:1 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 2, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 2:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 12:19“And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”Ecclesiastes 8:15“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.”Ecclesiastes 2:25“For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?”James 4:13“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:”Psalms 27:8“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.”Psalms 127:2“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”Ecclesiastes 10:19“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”James 5:5“Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.”Genesis 11:3“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.”Genesis 11:7“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”2 Kings 5:5“And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.”Psalms 10:6“He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.”Psalms 14:1“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”Psalms 30:6“And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.”Ecclesiastes 1:16“I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”Ecclesiastes 2:15“Then 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.”Ecclesiastes 3:17“I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”Ecclesiastes 7:4“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”Ecclesiastes 7:25“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:”
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