Ecclesiastes 2:1
So then I thought to myself, “Alright, let me examine pleasure and see how good that is.” But this too turned out to be something temporary that passes.
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2I conclude that laughing your way through life is stupid, and pleasure—what use is that?
Cross References
Genesis 11:7We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
Psalms 10:6They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
Psalms 27:8You told me, “Come to me.” I am coming to you, Lord.
Ecclesiastes 1:16I thought to myself, “I've become very wise, wiser than all the kings of Jerusalem before me. My mind has gained a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I thought to myself, “If I'm going to end up the same as a fool, what's the point of being so wise?” So I thought to myself, “This is also hard to understand!”
Ecclesiastes 3:17But then I thought to myself, “Ultimately God will judge both those who do right and those who do wrong, and every deed and action, at the appointed time.”
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 →