1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:19Eccl 8:15Jas 5:1Jas 5:5Ps 27:82 Kgs 5:5Eccl 1:16-17Eccl 11:9Eccl 2:15Eccl 3:17-18
2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 14:131 Pet 4:2-4Eccl 7:2-6Amos 6:3-6Isa 22:12-13
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 20:1Eccl 1:17Eccl 12:13Eccl 6:12Eph 5:18Gen 47:9Prov 31:4-51 Sam 25:362 Cor 6:15-17Eccl 2:24
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 7:1-121 Chr 27:271 Kgs 10:19-201 Kgs 15:191 Kgs 9:12 Chr 26:102 Chr 8:1-62 Chr 8:112 Sam 18:18Dan 4:30
5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 2:8-9Jer 39:4Luke 17:27-29Song 4:12-5:1Song 6:2
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 2:14Jer 17:8Ps 1:3Song 7:4
7I 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 27:29-311 Kgs 4:231 Kgs 9:20-222 Chr 26:102 Chr 32:27-292 Kgs 3:4Ezra 2:58Gen 13:2Gen 14:14Gen 15:3
8I 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 10:101 Kgs 9:282 Sam 19:351 Kgs 10:141 Chr 25:11 Chr 25:61 Kgs 10:211 Kgs 14:21-221 Kgs 14:271 Kgs 9:14
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 29:25Eccl 1:161 Kgs 10:232 Chr 9:22-231 Kgs 10:71 Kgs 3:122 Chr 1:1
10And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 3:22Eccl 5:18Eccl 9:9Ps 119:37Ps 128:21 John 2:16Eccl 2:22Eccl 11:9Eccl 6:9Gen 3:6
11Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 1:141 John 2:16-17Eccl 1:31 Tim 6:6Exod 39:43Gen 1:31Eccl 2:17-23Hab 2:13
12And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 1:17Eccl 7:25Eccl 1:9-10
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 5:8Eccl 7:11-12Eccl 11:7Matt 6:23Luke 11:34-35Mal 3:18-4:2Ps 119:105Eccl 7:19Eccl 9:16Eccl 9:18
14The 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 49:10Prov 17:24Eccl 9:111 John 2:11Eccl 3:19Eccl 9:1-3Eccl 10:2-3Eccl 6:6Eccl 7:2Eccl 8:1
15Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 6:8Eccl 1:141 Kgs 3:12Eccl 1:16Eccl 1:18-2:1Eccl 1:2Eccl 2:16
16For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 1:11Eccl 9:5Exod 1:8Heb 9:27Mal 3:16Ps 88:122 Sam 3:33Eccl 2:14Eccl 6:8Exod 1:6
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 2:11Eccl 4:2Jonah 4:81 Kgs 19:4Eccl 1:14Eccl 2:22Eccl 3:16Eccl 6:9Ezek 3:14Hab 1:3
18Yea, 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 39:6Ps 49:10Luke 16:27-281 Cor 3:101 Kgs 11:11-13Acts 20:29-30Eccl 1:13Eccl 1:3Eccl 2:26Eccl 2:4-9
19And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 3:22Jas 3:171 Kgs 12:14-201 Kgs 14:25-282 Chr 10:13-162 Chr 12:9-10Eccl 9:13Jas 1:17Luke 16:8
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 15:191 Thess 3:3-42 Cor 1:8-10Gen 43:14Job 17:11-15Ps 39:6-7
21For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 2:17-182 Chr 31:20-212 Chr 33:2-92 Chr 34:22 Chr 35:182 Chr 36:5-10Eccl 9:18Jer 22:15Jer 22:17
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 1:3Ps 127:21 Pet 5:71 Tim 6:8Eccl 3:9Eccl 4:6Matt 6:34Phil 4:6Eccl 4:8Eccl 5:10-11
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 14:1Job 5:7Job 7:13-14Ps 127:2Ps 6:6-7Acts 14:22Dan 6:18Eccl 1:18Eccl 5:12Esth 6:1
24There 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 3:22Eccl 8:151 Tim 6:17Eccl 3:12-13Eccl 5:18-19Eccl 9:7-91 Cor 15:32Deut 12:18Acts 14:17Deut 12:12
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 2:1-121 Kgs 4:21-24
26For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 13:22Job 27:16-17Prov 28:8Isa 3:10-11John 16:242 Chr 31:20-21Col 3:16-17Prov 3:13-18Col 1:9-12Job 32:8