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Ecc 2:3 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

sought		Ecc 1:17; 1Sa 25:36
give myself unto wine		Heb. draw my flesh with wine
yet		Pro 20:1; Pro 31:4,5; Eph 5:18
and to lay		Ecc 7:18; Pro 20:1; Pro 23:29-35; Mat 6:24; 2Cr 6:15-17
till		Ecc 6:12; Ecc 12:13
all		Heb. the number of. Gen 47:9; Job 14:14; Psa 90:9-12

Correlating Passages

sought

	Ecc 1:17	And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
	1Sa 25:36	And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

yet

	Pro 20:1	Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
	Pro 31:4	[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
	Pro 31:5	Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
	Eph 5:18	And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

and to lay

	Ecc 7:18	[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
	Pro 20:1	Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
	Pro 23:29	Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
	Pro 23:30	They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
	Pro 23:31	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
	Pro 23:32	At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
	Pro 23:33	Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
	Pro 23:34	Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
	Pro 23:35	They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
	Mat 6:24	No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
	2Cr 6:15	And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
	2Cr 6:16	And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
	2Cr 6:17	Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,

till

	Ecc 6:12	For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
	Ecc 12:13	Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

all

	Gen 47:9	And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
	Job 14:14	If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
	Psa 90:9	For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
	Psa 90:10	The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
	Psa 90:11	Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
	Psa 90:12	So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 2:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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