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Ecclesiastes 2 cross-references
Ecclesiastes 2 has 26 verses, which point to 309 other passages and are cited by 223. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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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.
Points to (24)
- 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,… 8 votes
- 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… 5 votes
- James 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of… 3 votes
- James 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 3 votes
- Psalms 27:8 — When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 3 votes
- Revelation 18:7–8 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she… 2 votes
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- 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… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:25 — For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 10:19 — A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. 3 votes
- 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… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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- Proverbs 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 8 votes
- 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. 3 votes
- 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… 3 votes
- Amos 6:3–6 — Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 2 votes
- 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… 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. 6 votes
- Proverbs 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 5 votes
- James 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 3 votes
- Luke 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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.
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- Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of… 5 votes
- Ephesians 5:18 — And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 3 votes
- Proverbs 31:4–5 — It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 3 votes
Pointed to from (8)
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 20 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of… 6 votes
- 1 Peter 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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- 1 Kings 7:1–12 — But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 5 votes
- Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the… 3 votes
- Isaiah 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard… 3 votes
- Song of Solomon 8:11–12 — Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof… 3 votes
- Song of Solomon 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and… 3 votes
- Psalms 49:11 — Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all… 3 votes
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- Song of Solomon 8:11 — Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof… 6 votes
- Deuteronomy 8:12 — Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 4 votes
- 1 Kings 7:1 — But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 — A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
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- Luke 17:27–29 — They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered… 2 votes
- Jeremiah 39:4 — And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled,… 2 votes
- Song of Solomon 6:2 — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 2 votes
- Song of Solomon 4:12–5:1 — A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 2 votes
- Genesis 2:8–9 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Song of Solomon 4:13 — Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 5 votes
- 1 Kings 21:2 — And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Points to (4)
- Nehemiah 2:14 — Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 17:8 — For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not… 2 votes
- Song of Solomon 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy… 2 votes
- Psalms 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Song of Solomon 4:15 — A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I 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:
Points to (14)
- Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and… 2 votes
- Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and… 2 votes
- Nehemiah 7:57 — The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 2 votes
- Ezra 2:58 — All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 2 votes
- 2 Chronicles 32:27–29 — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold,… 2 votes
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country,… 2 votes
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- Genesis 30:43 — And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and… 4 votes
- Genesis 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 2:14 — Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? 3 votes
- Genesis 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I 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.
Points to (19)
- 1 Kings 10:10 — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious… 6 votes
- 1 Kings 9:28 — And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king… 5 votes
- 2 Samuel 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat… 5 votes
- 1 Kings 10:14 — Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 3 votes
- Amos 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 2 votes
- Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and… 2 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and… 4 votes
- Amos 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 3 votes
- Daniel 6:18 — Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought… 2 votes
- Ezra 2:65 — Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:9
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:25 — And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal… 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 — I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all… 9 votes
- 1 Kings 10:23 — So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 7 votes
- 2 Chronicles 9:22–23 — And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 5 votes
- 2 Chronicles 1:1 — And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and… 3 votes
- 1 Kings 10:7 — Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told… 3 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 — I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all… 8 votes
- 2 Chronicles 1:12 — Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none… 8 votes
- 1 Chronicles 29:25 — And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And 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.
Points to (14)
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 6 votes
- Psalms 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 4 votes
- Psalms 128:2 — For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 votes
- 1 John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not… 2 votes
Pointed to from (12)
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 8 votes
- Proverbs 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the… 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then 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.
Points to (8)
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 votes
- 1 John 2:16–17 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 8 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain. 3 votes
- Exodus 39:43 — And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had… 3 votes
- Genesis 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were… 3 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 14 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 8 votes
- Psalms 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them… 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:12
And 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.
Points to (3)
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of… 8 votes
- 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… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:9–10 — The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and… 3 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 — The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and… 6 votes
- 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… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Points to (14)
- Ephesians 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:11–12 — Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 5 votes
- Matthew 6:23 — But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 4 votes
- Luke 11:34–35 — The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light;… 3 votes
- Malachi 3:18–4:2 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him… 3 votes
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- Genesis 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 23 votes
- Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might,… 6 votes
- Daniel 6:3 — Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:1 — Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The 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.
Points to (13)
- Psalms 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to… 7 votes
- Proverbs 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither… 4 votes
- 1 John 2:11 — But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth,… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,… 3 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither… 13 votes
- Proverbs 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 — There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to… 5 votes
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.
Points to (7)
- Ecclesiastes 6:8 — For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:18–2:1 — For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 — I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Ecclesiastes 1:18 — For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 8 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 — O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For 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.
Points to (12)
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 — There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 5 votes
- Hebrews 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 3 votes
- Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book… 3 votes
- Psalms 88:12 — Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 3 votes
- Exodus 1:8 — Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 3 votes
Pointed to from (10)
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:11 — There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 — And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in… 4 votes
- Psalms 73:4 — For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Points to (18)
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 5 votes
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 votes
- Habakkuk 1:3 — Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me:… 2 votes
- Jonah 4:3 — Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 2 votes
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 19 votes
- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 10 votes
- Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 8 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Yea, 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.
Points to (16)
- Psalms 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to… 5 votes
- Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and… 5 votes
- Luke 16:27–28 — Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 3:10 — According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation,… 2 votes
- Acts 20:29–30 — For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 2 votes
- Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those… 2 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Exodus 1:8 — Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 5 votes
- Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those… 3 votes
- Proverbs 27:11 — My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 3 votes
- Proverbs 15:16 — Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And 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.
Points to (9)
- James 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 3 votes
- James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is… 2 votes
- Luke 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 — This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 2 votes
- 2 Chronicles 12:9–10 — So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and… 2 votes
Pointed to from (9)
- Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might,… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 5 votes
- 1 Samuel 8:3 — And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Points to (6)
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 2 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 — For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed… 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 — If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 2 votes
- Psalms 39:6–7 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and… 2 votes
- Job 17:11–15 — My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 2 votes
- Genesis 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- 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… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,… 3 votes
- 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… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:21
For 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.
Points to (9)
- Ecclesiastes 2:17–18 — Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for… 1 votes
- Jeremiah 22:15 — Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment… 1 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:18 — Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. 1 votes
- 2 Chronicles 36:5–10 — Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and… 1 votes
- 2 Chronicles 35:18 — And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all… 1 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Points to (19)
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 5 votes
- 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… 5 votes
- 1 Peter 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 4 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:8 — And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 4 votes
- Philippians 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be… 4 votes
- Matthew 6:34 — Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.… 4 votes
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- Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 33 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 10 votes
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of… 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Points to (15)
- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 9 votes
- Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 7 votes
- 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… 3 votes
- Psalms 6:6–7 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 3 votes
- Job 7:13–14 — When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 3 votes
- Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through… 2 votes
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- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 16 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:18 — For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 — Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There 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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- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 17 votes
- 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… 13 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in… 12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18–19 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 — I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 8 votes
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- Nehemiah 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom… 17 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 15 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 — Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take… 11 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 9 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:25
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Points to (2)
- Ecclesiastes 2:1–12 — I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this… 4 votes
- 1 Kings 4:21–24 — And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of… 0 votes
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For 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.
Points to (17)
- Proverbs 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the… 43 votes
- Job 27:16–17 — Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 41 votes
- Proverbs 28:8 — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. 29 votes
- John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 21 votes
- Isaiah 3:10–11 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 21 votes
- Colossians 3:16–17 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and… 18 votes
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- Proverbs 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the… 64 votes
- Matthew 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break… 18 votes
- Job 32:8 — But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 14 votes
- Job 38:36 — Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 12 votes