OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

Ecclesiastes 2:2

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I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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Ecclesiastes 2:1–5

1

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

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I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

3

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

4

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

5

I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

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