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Verse 1

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

Referenced Verses

Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Isa 50:5 : 5 And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.
Isa 50:11 : 11 See, all you who make a fire, arming yourselves with burning branches: go in the flame of your fire, and among the branches you have put a light to. This will you have from my hand, you will make your bed in sorrow.
Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
Luke 16:23 : 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
Jas 4:13 : 13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
Jas 5:5 : 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
Rev 18:7-8 : 7 As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow. 8 For this reason in one day will her troubles come, death and sorrow and need of food; and she will be completely burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who is her judge.
Gen 11:3-4 : 3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. 4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
2 Kgs 5:5 : 5 So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Ps 10:6 : 6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.
Ps 14:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Ps 27:8 : 8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
Ps 30:6-7 : 6 When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved. 7 Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.
Eccl 1:16-17 : 16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
Eccl 2:15 : 15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
Eccl 3:17-18 : 17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him. 18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
Eccl 7:4 : 4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.