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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Pleasures Are Meaningless
2 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure(A) to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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2 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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Ecclesiastes 2:1
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:1
New King James Version
The Vanity of Pleasure(A)
2 I said (B)in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with (C)mirth; [a]therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, (D)this also was vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 gladness
Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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The Vanity of Self-Indulgence
2 I (A)said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.[a]
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Jeremiah 16:8
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Jeremiah 16:8
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8 “And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.(A)
Jeremiah 16:8
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Jeremiah 16:8
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8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
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Jeremiah 16:8
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Jeremiah 16:8
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8 Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”
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Jeremiah 16:8
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Jeremiah 16:8
English Standard Version
8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
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