Verse 3
I searched{H8446} in my heart{H3820} how to cheer{H4900} my{H1320} flesh with wine,{H3196} my heart{H3820} yet guiding{H5090} [me] with wisdom,{H2451} and how to lay hold{H270} on folly,{H5531} till I might see{H7200} what it was good{H2896} for the sons{H1121} of men{H120} that they should do{H6213} under heaven{H8064} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of their life.{H2416}
Referenced Verses
- Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine{H3196} is a mocker,{H3887} strong drink{H7941} a brawler;{H1993} And whosoever erreth{H7686} thereby is not wise.{H2449}
- Eccl 1:17 : 17 And I applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} to know{H3045} wisdom,{H2451} and to know{H3045} madness{H1947} and folly:{H5531} I perceived{H3045} that this{H1571} also was a striving{H7475} after wind.{H7307}
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth{H3045} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in [his] life,{H2416} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213} as a shadow?{H6738} for who can tell{H5046} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun?{H8121}
- Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end{H5490} of the matter;{H1697} all hath been heard:{H8085} fear{H3372} God,{H430} and keep{H8104} his commandments;{H4687} for this is the whole duty of man.{H120}
- Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings,{H4428} O Lemuel,{H3927} it is not for kings{H4428} to drink{H8354} wine;{H3196} Nor for{H335} princes{H7336} [to say], Where is strong drink?{H7941} 5 Lest they drink,{H8354} and forget{H7911} the law,{H2710} And pervert{H8138} the justice{H1779} [due] to any that is afflicted.{H1121}
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And{G2532} be{G3182} not{G3361} drunken{G3182} with{G1722} wine,{G3631} wherein{G3739} is{G2076} riot,{G810} but{G235} be filled{G4137} with{G1722} the Spirit;{G4151}
- Matt 6:24 : 24 No man{G3762} can{G1410} serve{G1398} two{G1417} masters;{G2962} for{G1063} either{G2228} he will hate{G3404} the one,{G1520} and{G2532} love{G25} the other;{G2087} or else{G2228} he will hold to{G472} one,{G1520} and{G2532} despise{G2706} the other.{G3756} Ye cannot{G1410} serve{G1398} God{G2316} and{G2532} mammon.{G3126}
- 2 Cor 6:15-17 : 15 And{G1161} what{G5101} concord{G4857} hath Christ{G5547} with{G4314} Belial?{G955} or{G2228} what{G5101} portion{G3310} hath a believer{G4103} with{G3326} an unbeliever?{G571} 16 And{G1161} what{G5101} agreement{G4783} hath a temple{G3485} of God{G2316} with{G3326} idols?{G1497} for{G1063} we{G5210} are{G2075} a temple{G3485} of the living{G2198} God;{G2316} even as{G2531} God{G2316} said,{G3754} I will dwell{G1774} in{G1722} them,{G846} and{G2532} walk in{G1704} them; and{G2532} I will be{G2071} their{G846} God,{G2316} and{G2532} they{G846} shall be{G2071} my{G3427} people.{G2992} 17 Wherefore{G1352} Come ye out{G1831} from{G1537} among{G3319} them,{G846} and{G2532} be ye separate,{G873} saith{G3004} the Lord,{G2962} And{G2532} touch{G680} no unclean{G169} thing; And{G2532} I{G2504} will receive{G1523} you,{G5209}
- Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good{H2896} that thou shouldest take hold{H270} of this;{H2088} yea, also from that withdraw{H3240} not thy hand:{H3027} for he that feareth{H3373} God{H430} shall come forth{H3318} from them all.
- Eccl 7:25 : 25 I turned{H5437} about, and my heart{H3820} [was set] to know{H3045} and to search{H8446} out,{H1245} and to seek wisdom{H2451} and the reason{H2808} [of things], and to know{H3045} that wickedness{H7562} is folly,{H3689} and that foolishness{H5531} is madness.{H1947}
- Eccl 2:24 : 24 There is nothing better{H2896} for a man{H120} [than] that he should eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and make his soul{H5315} enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in his labor.{H5999} This{H2090} also I saw,{H7200} that it is from the hand{H3027} of God.{H430}
- Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 I know{H3045} that there is nothing better{H2896} for them, than to rejoice,{H8055} and to do{H6213} good{H2896} so long as they live.{H2416} 13 And also that every man{H120} should eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in all his labor,{H5999} is the gift{H4991} of God.{H430}
- Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who hath woe?{H188} who hath sorrow?{H17} who hath contentions?{H4079} Who hath complaining?{H7879} who hath wounds{H6482} without cause?{H2600} Who hath redness{H2448} of eyes?{H5869} 30 They that tarry long{H309} at the wine;{H3196} They that go{H935} to seek{H2713} out mixed wine.{H4469} 31 Look{H7200} not thou upon the wine{H3196} when it is red,{H119} When it{H5414} sparkleth{H5869} in the cup,{H3563} When it goeth{H1980} down smoothly:{H4339} 32 At the last{H319} it biteth{H5391} like a serpent,{H5175} And stingeth{H6567} like an adder.{H6848} 33 Thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} strange things,{H2114} And thy heart{H3820} shall utter{H1696} perverse things.{H8419} 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down{H7901} in the midst{H3820} of the sea,{H3220} Or as he that lieth{H7901} upon the top{H7218} of a mast.{H2260} 35 They have stricken{H5221} me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt;{H2470} They have beaten{H1986} me, and I felt{H3045} it not: When shall I awake?{H6974} I will seek{H1245} it yet{H3254} again.
- Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are a hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years:{H8141} few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have been the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life,{H2416} and they have not attained{H5381} unto the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of the life{H2416} of my fathers{H1} in the days{H3117} of their pilgrimage.{H4033}
- 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail{H26} came{H935} to Nabal;{H5037} and, behold, he held a feast{H4960} in his house,{H1004} like the feast{H4960} of a king;{H4428} and Nabal's{H5037} heart{H3820} was merry{H2896} within him, for he was very{H3966} drunken:{H7910} wherefore she told{H5046} him nothing,{H1697} less{H6996} or more,{H1419} until the morning{H1242} light.{H216}
- Job 14:14 : 14 If a man{H1397} die,{H4191} shall he live{H2421} [again]? All the days{H3117} of my warfare{H6635} would I wait,{H3176} Till my release{H2487} should come.{H935}
- Ps 90:9-9 : 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437} in thy wrath:{H5678} We bring{H3615} our years{H8141} to an end{H1899} as a sigh. 10 The days{H3117} of our years{H8141} are threescore{H7657} years{H8141} and ten,{H7657} Or even by reason of strength{H1369} fourscore{H8084} years;{H8141} Yet is their pride{H7296} but labor{H5999} and sorrow;{H205} For it is soon{H2440} gone,{H1468} and we fly away.{H5774} 11 Who knoweth{H3045} the power{H5797} of thine anger,{H639} And thy wrath{H5678} according to the fear{H3374} that is due unto thee? 12 So teach{H3045} us to number{H4487} our days,{H3117} That we may get{H935} us a heart{H3824} of wisdom.{H2451}