1.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

said: Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 1:16, Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 27:8, Psalms 30:6, Psalms 30:7, Luke 12:19
Go to: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:7, 2 Kings 5:5, Isaiah 5:5, James 4:13, James 5:1
I will: Ecclesiastes 8:15, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Isaiah 50:5, Isaiah 50:11, Luke 16:19, Luke 16:23, James 5:5, Titus 3:3, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:8
Reciprocal: Psalms 127:2 - vain Ecclesiastes 2:25 - who can Ecclesiastes 7:25 - I applied mine heart Ecclesiastes 10:19 - feast Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that

2.

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

I said: Solomon is not speaking here of sober enjoyment of the things of the world, but of intemperate pleasure, whose two attendants, laughter and mirth, are introduced by a beautiful prosopopoeia, as two persons, whom he treats with the utmost contempt.
It is: Ecclesiastes 7:2-6, Proverbs 14:13, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:13, Amos 6:3-6, 1 Peter 4:2-4
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:36 - merry Ecclesiastes 7:6 - as Ecclesiastes 10:19 - feast Matthew 13:45 - seeking Luke 6:25 - laugh James 4:9 - let

3.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

sought: Ecclesiastes 1:17, 1 Samuel 25:36
give myself unto wine: Heb. draw my flesh with wine
yet: Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5, Ephesians 5:18
and to lay: Ecclesiastes 7:18, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:29-35, Matthew 6:24, 2 Corinthians 6:15-17
till: Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 12:13
all: Heb. the number of, Genesis 47:9, Job 14:14, Psalms 90:9-12
Reciprocal: Psalms 4:6 - many Psalms 34:12 - that he Ecclesiastes 3:1 - under Ecclesiastes 6:11 - General 1 Peter 3:10 - see

4.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

made: Genesis 11:4, 2 Samuel 18:18, Daniel 4:30
I builded: Deuteronomy 8:12-14, 1 Kings 7:1, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:8-12, 1 Kings 9:1, 1 Kings 15:19, 1 Kings 10:19, 1 Kings 10:20, 2 Chronicles 8:1-6, 2 Chronicles 8:11, Psalms 49:11
I planted: 1 Chronicles 27:27, 2 Chronicles 26:10, Song of Solomon 1:14, Song of Solomon 7:12, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 5:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:17 - and he 2 Samuel 5:11 - they built 2 Chronicles 7:11 - all that came 2 Chronicles 8:6 - all that Solomon desired to build Proverbs 4:7 - with Ecclesiastes 2:18 - I hated Ecclesiastes 6:2 - so

5.

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

me: Song of Solomon 4:12-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 6:2, Jeremiah 39:4
I planted: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Luke 17:27-29
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:1 - thirteen years 1 Kings 21:2 - a garden of herbs Song of Solomon 4:13 - are

6.

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

pools: Nehemiah 2:14, Song of Solomon 7:4
to water: Psalms 1:3, Jeremiah 17:8
Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 4:15 - fountain

7.

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

servants: 1 Kings 9:20-22, Ezra 2:58, Nehemiah 7:57
and had: Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13
servants born in my house: Heb. sons of my house
also: Genesis 13:2, 2 Kings 3:4, 1 Chronicles 27:29-31, 2 Chronicles 26:10, 2 Chronicles 32:27-29, Job 1:3, Job 42:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - born Genesis 15:3 - born Genesis 30:43 - General Exodus 21:4 - shall be her Jeremiah 2:14 - he a homeborn

8.

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

silver: 1 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:10, 1 Kings 14:21, 1 Kings 14:22, 1 Kings 14:27, 2 Chronicles 9:11, 2 Chronicles 9:15-21
men singers: 2 Samuel 19:35, Ezra 2:65
musical instruments: etc. Heb. musical instrument and instruments, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6, Job 21:11, Job 21:12, Psalms 150:3-5, Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:15, Amos 6:5, The difficult words shiddah weshiddoth are variously rendered. The LXX have ןיםןקןןם ךבי ןיםןקןבע, "male and female cup-bearers," with which the Syriac and Arabic and Parkhurst agree; Aquila, ךץכיךןם ךבי ךץכיךיב, "a cup and smaller cups;" Jerome, scyphos et urceolos, Vulgate urceos), "goblets and pots;" Targum, "warm and cold baths;" others, as M. Desvoeux, "male and female captives;" others, "cooks and confectioners;" others, "a species of musical compositions," derived from Sido, a celebrated Phoenician woman, to whom Sanchoniatho attributes the invention of music; but others, with more probability, "wives and concubines;" and siddoth may be in this sense synonymous with the Arabic seedat, domina, conjux from sada, in Conj. V. conjugium inivit. Of the former, Solomon had three hundred, and of the latter, seven hundred; and if they are not mentioned here they are not mentioned at all, which is wholly unaccountable.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 8:18 - took thence Psalms 39:6 - he heapeth Daniel 6:18 - and passed

9.

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 1:16, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 10:7, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Chronicles 29:25, 2 Chronicles 1:1, 2 Chronicles 9:22, 2 Chronicles 9:23
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 1:12 - such as none

10.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

whatsoever: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Judges 14:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 23:5, 1 John 2:16
my heart rejoiced: Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Psalms 128:2
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:1 - all Solomon's 1 Kings 9:19 - that which Solomon desired 2 Chronicles 7:11 - all that came Proverbs 14:13 - General Proverbs 15:16 - great Proverbs 27:20 - so Ecclesiastes 1:17 - I perceived

11.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

I looked: Ecclesiastes 1:14, Genesis 1:31, Exodus 39:43, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:17
behold: Ecclesiastes 2:17-23, Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Habakkuk 2:13, 1 Timothy 6:6
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - cursed 2 Chronicles 7:11 - all that came Psalms 39:5 - verily Psalms 119:96 - I have seen Proverbs 14:13 - General Proverbs 15:16 - great Proverbs 27:20 - so Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 1:8 - full Ecclesiastes 1:17 - I perceived Ecclesiastes 3:9 - General Ecclesiastes 3:22 - nothing Ecclesiastes 4:16 - this Ecclesiastes 5:10 - this Ecclesiastes 6:9 - this Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns

12.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

I turned: Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 7:25, even that which hath already been done, or, in those things which have been already done, Ecclesiastes 2:25
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 9:11 - returned

13.

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

I saw: Ecclesiastes 7:11, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 9:16, Proverbs 4:5-7, Proverbs 16:16, Malachi 3:18, Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:2
that wisdom excelleth folly: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc
light: Ecclesiastes 11:7, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 4:18, Proverbs 4:19, Matthew 6:23, Luke 11:34, Luke 11:35, Ephesians 5:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:4 - that Ecclesiastes 8:1 - as the Jeremiah 9:23 - wise Daniel 6:3 - an

14.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

wise: Ecclesiastes 8:1, Ecclesiastes 10:2, Ecclesiastes 10:3, Proverbs 14:8, Proverbs 17:24, 1 John 2:11
one: Ecclesiastes 9:1-3, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Ecclesiastes 9:16, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 49:10
Reciprocal: Exodus 10:21 - darkness Psalms 82:5 - walk Ecclesiastes 6:8 - what hath the wise Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Ecclesiastes 8:14 - there be just Ecclesiastes 9:2 - alike John 11:10 - General

15.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

even to me: Heb. to me
even to me: and why, Ecclesiastes 1:16, Ecclesiastes 1:18, 1 Kings 3:12
Then I: Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:14
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:33 - as a fool dieth Ecclesiastes 7:25 - the reason Ecclesiastes 9:11 - but Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that 1 Corinthians 15:55 - is thy victory

16.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

there is: Ecclesiastes 1:11, Exodus 1:6, Exodus 1:8, Psalms 88:12, Psalms 103:16, Malachi 3:16
how: Ecclesiastes 6:8, 2 Samuel 3:33, Psalms 49:10, Hebrews 9:27
Reciprocal: Psalms 73:4 - no Ecclesiastes 3:19 - that which Ecclesiastes 8:10 - they were Ecclesiastes 9:5 - for the Isaiah 14:10 - Art thou also 1 Corinthians 15:55 - is thy victory

17.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I hated: Numbers 11:15, 1 Kings 19:4, Job 3:20-22, Job 7:15, Job 7:16, Job 14:13, Jeremiah 20:14-18, Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8, Philippians 1:23-25
work: Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 3:16, Ezekiel 3:14, Habakkuk 1:3
for: Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Psalms 89:47
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - cursed Psalms 39:6 - surely Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Ecclesiastes 4:2 - General Ecclesiastes 4:3 - who Ecclesiastes 4:16 - this Ecclesiastes 5:10 - this Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that Ecclesiastes 12:8 - General Luke 14:26 - hate John 12:25 - hateth

18.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

I hated: Ecclesiastes 2:4-9, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 4:3, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:9
taken: Heb. laboured
I should: Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:14, 1 Kings 11:11-13, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 49:10, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:27, Luke 16:28, Acts 20:29, Acts 20:30, 1 Corinthians 3:10
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:8 - a new king 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 2 Chronicles 6:10 - I am risen Esther 8:1 - give the house Esther 8:2 - Esther set Job 14:21 - he knoweth it not Job 20:22 - the fulness Job 21:21 - For what Proverbs 15:16 - great Proverbs 17:25 - General Proverbs 19:13 - foolish Proverbs 27:11 - be wise Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Ecclesiastes 5:10 - this Ecclesiastes 9:6 - have they Daniel 11:4 - and shall be Zechariah 9:6 - General

19.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

who knoweth: Ecclesiastes 3:22, 1 Kings 12:14-20, 1 Kings 14:25-28, 2 Chronicles 10:13-16, 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Chronicles 12:10
wise under: Ecclesiastes 9:13, Luke 16:8, James 1:17, James 3:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:8 - a new king 1 Samuel 8:3 - his sons 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 2 Chronicles 6:10 - I am risen 2 Chronicles 10:14 - My father 2 Chronicles 33:3 - he built again Esther 8:1 - give the house Esther 8:2 - Esther set Job 14:21 - he knoweth it not Job 21:21 - For what Psalms 49:10 - leave Proverbs 10:1 - A wise Proverbs 17:25 - General Proverbs 19:13 - foolish Proverbs 23:24 - father Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 1:3 - under Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that Jeremiah 9:23 - wise Daniel 11:4 - and shall be

20.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Genesis 43:14, Job 17:11-15, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 39:7, 1 Corinthians 15:19, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:4
Reciprocal: Psalms 127:2 - vain Ecclesiastes 3:19 - for Ecclesiastes 7:25 - I applied mine heart

21.

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

whose: Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 9:18, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, 2 Chronicles 33:2-9, 2 Chronicles 34:2, 2 Chronicles 35:18, 2 Chronicles 36:5-10, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:17
leave: Heb. give
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:20 - life Psalms 39:6 - surely Psalms 49:10 - leave Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 4:4 - This is Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns

22.

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

hath man: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 5:11, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Ecclesiastes 6:7, Ecclesiastes 6:8, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Proverbs 16:26, 1 Timothy 6:8
and of the: Ecclesiastes 4:6, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Psalms 127:2, Matthew 6:11, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:22, Luke 12:29, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - in sorrow Job 5:7 - trouble Ecclesiastes 2:10 - my heart rejoiced Ecclesiastes 2:17 - for Ecclesiastes 5:16 - a sore Ecclesiastes 6:9 - this Matthew 11:28 - all

23.

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

all: Genesis 47:9, Job 5:7, Job 14:1, Psalms 90:7-10, Psalms 90:15, Psalms 127:2
his heart: Ecclesiastes 5:12, Esther 6:1, Job 7:13, Job 7:14, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:7, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 77:2-4, Daniel 6:18, Acts 14:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - in sorrow Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 3:9 - General Ecclesiastes 4:8 - it is Ecclesiastes 5:16 - a sore Ecclesiastes 6:9 - this Ecclesiastes 7:15 - have I Ecclesiastes 8:16 - there is that Matthew 11:28 - all

24.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

nothing: Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Ecclesiastes 9:7-9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Nehemiah 8:10, Acts 14:17, 1 Timothy 6:17
make his soul enjoy good: or, delight his senses
that it: Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 5:19, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Malachi 2:2, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 48:15 - fed me Ruth 3:7 - his heart 1 Kings 4:20 - eating 1 Chronicles 29:22 - eat and drink Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better Ecclesiastes 9:9 - for Jeremiah 22:15 - eat 1 Corinthians 7:31 - use 1 Corinthians 15:32 - let 1 Timothy 6:8 - General

25.

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

who can: Ecclesiastes 2:1-12, 1 Kings 4:21-24
Reciprocal: Genesis 48:15 - fed me Ecclesiastes 2:12 - I turned 1 Corinthians 7:31 - use

26.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

in his sight: Heb. before him, Genesis 7:1, Luke 1:6
wisdom: 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Proverbs 3:13-18, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, John 16:24, Romans 14:17, Romans 14:18, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, Colossians 1:9-12, Colossians 3:16, Colossians 3:17, James 3:17
to the sinner: Job 27:16, Job 27:17, Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 28:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 42:38 - bring Deuteronomy 12:25 - when 1 Kings 4:29 - God 2 Chronicles 19:11 - the good Job 32:8 - the inspiration Job 38:36 - Who hath put Psalms 37:16 - General Psalms 39:6 - he heapeth Psalms 49:10 - leave Ecclesiastes 1:2 - General Ecclesiastes 1:8 - full Ecclesiastes 1:14 - General Ecclesiastes 2:18 - I should Ecclesiastes 3:10 - General Ecclesiastes 4:4 - This is Ecclesiastes 4:16 - this Ecclesiastes 5:10 - this Ecclesiastes 5:14 - those Ecclesiastes 7:26 - whoso pleaseth God Ecclesiastes 9:2 - as is Ecclesiastes 11:8 - All that Isaiah 23:18 - for them Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns Daniel 1:17 - God Matthew 6:19 - General 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - in the 2 Peter 3:15 - according