Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 20:1 (8 votes) and Ecclesiastes 1:17 (5 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 47 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 2:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 20:18 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Ecclesiastes 1:175 votes
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Genesis 47:93 votes
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Proverbs 31:4–53 votes
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Ecclesiastes 6:123 votes
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 12:133 votes
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
- Ephesians 5:183 votes
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Samuel 25:362 votes
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- Job 14:142 votes
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Psalm 90:9–122 votes
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. …
- Proverbs 23:29–352 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:242 votes
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–132 votes
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 7:182 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:252 votes
I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Matthew 6:242 votes
- 2 Corinthians 6:15–172 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 2:3?
The 10 strongest of 14.