I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merr
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart s
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. The
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone,
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and ma
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of you
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the fireb
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every dee
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking w
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to my
In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will te