Ecclesiastes 2:1
"I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity."
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- Luke 12:19
"And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 8:15
"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun."
Read in chapter → - James 5:5
"Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter."
Read in chapter → - James 5:1
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 27:8
"When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 11:7
"Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 50:5
"The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 3:17
"I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
Read in chapter → - Revelation 18:7
"How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 5:5
"And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment."
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