Ecclesiastes 2:1

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• Luke 12:19
  Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Ecclesiastes 8:15
  So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
• James 5:5
  You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
• Psalm 27:8
  My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• James 5:1
  Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• James 4:13
  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
• Ecclesiastes 11:9
  Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Titus 3:3
  For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• Isaiah 50:5
  The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
• Ecclesiastes 3:17–18
  I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
• Ecclesiastes 1:16–17
  I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
• Ecclesiastes 2:15
  So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

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Book of Ecclesiastes· Futility

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Amusements and Worldly Pleasures: The Wicked Seek for Happiness In· Epicureans: Doctrines Propagated By, Familiar to Solomon· Experiment in Worldly Pleasure, Solomon's· Happiness of the Wicked is Vain· Investigation: General Scriptures Concerning· Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of· Philosophy: The Nature of Things· Pleasure: Worldly· The Happiness of the Wicked is Vain· Vanity: Worldly Pleasure Is· Wisdom: Worldly· Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning· Worldly Amusements and Pleasures: The Wicked Seek for Happiness In