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Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!”

But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:1 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 12:19 (8 votes) and Ecclesiastes 8:15 (5 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 11 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Luke 12:198 votes

    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!”’

  2. Ecclesiastes 8:155 votes

    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.

  3. Psalm 27:83 votes

    My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

  4. James 5:13 votes

    Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

  5. James 5:53 votes

    You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

  6. Genesis 11:3–42 votes

    And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar. “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

  7. Genesis 11:72 votes

    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

  8. 2 Kings 5:52 votes

    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

  9. Psalm 10:62 votes

    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

  10. Psalm 14:12 votes

    For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

  11. Psalm 30:6–72 votes
  12. Ecclesiastes 1:16–172 votes

    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.” So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

  13. Ecclesiastes 2:152 votes

    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.

  14. Ecclesiastes 3:17–182 votes
  15. Ecclesiastes 7:42 votes
  16. Ecclesiastes 11:92 votes
  17. Isaiah 50:52 votes
  18. Isaiah 50:112 votes
  19. Luke 16:192 votes
  20. Titus 3:32 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:1?

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