Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. And, behold, this also was vanity.
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In Context
2I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?
Cross References
Genesis 11:7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
Psalms 10:6He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
Psalms 27:8My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.
Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten for me great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yea, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous man and the wicked man, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:1
Solomon having pronounced all vanity, and particularly knowledge and learning, which he was so far from giving himself joy of that he found the increase of it did but increase his sorrow, in this chapter he goes on to show what reason he has to be tired of this world, and with what little reason most men are fond of it. I. He shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth and pleasure, and the delights of sense, ver. 1-11 . II. He reconsiders the pretensions of wisdom, and allows it to… Read the whole commentary →