Ecclesiastes 2:3 I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so...

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New English Translation - I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.
新标点和合本 - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
当代译本 - 于是，我决意用酒使自己快乐，在体验愚昧的同时仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暂的人生岁月中做何事才有益。
圣经新译本 - 我心里筹思，怎样用酒使我的身体畅快，又保持愚昧，但我的内心仍由智慧引导；直到我看明世人，在诸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，对他们有益的是什么。
中文标准译本 - 我的心以智慧引领我的同时，我心里探察如何用酒使我的肉体畅快并保持愚昧状，直到我看清世人一生可数的日子里，在天下做什么才有益处。
现代标点和合本 - 我心里察究如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
和合本（拼音版） - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
New International Version - I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
New International Reader's Version - I tried cheering myself up by drinking wine. I even tried living in a foolish way. But wisdom was still guiding my mind. I wanted to see what was good for people to do on earth during their short lives.
English Standard Version - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
New Living Translation - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Christian Standard Bible - I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body — my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
New American Standard Bible - I explored with my mind how to refresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.
New King James Version - I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Amplified Bible - I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
American Standard Version - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
King James Version - 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.
World English Bible - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
新標點和合本 - 我心裏察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
當代譯本 - 於是，我決意用酒使自己快樂，在體驗愚昧的同時仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暫的人生歲月中做何事才有益。
聖經新譯本 - 我心裡籌思，怎樣用酒使我的身體暢快，又保持愚昧，但我的內心仍由智慧引導；直到我看明世人，在諸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，對他們有益的是甚麼。
呂振中譯本 - 我心裏探察，要怎樣用酒使我的肉體舒暢，要怎樣固執着愚昧，等到我看明人類在光天之下儘他一生小小數目的日子裏要怎樣行才好；我的心仍然靠着智慧來引導。
中文標準譯本 - 我的心以智慧引領我的同時，我心裡探察如何用酒使我的肉體暢快並保持愚昧狀，直到我看清世人一生可數的日子裡，在天下做什麼才有益處。
現代標點和合本 - 我心裡察究如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
文理和合譯本 - 我心思維、酌酒以快我身、而心仍為智慧所導、又思持守愚拙、知天下人畢生所行、孰為美善、
文理委辦譯本 - 我姑以酒為懽、若無智然、而仍不敢失度、庶知人生在世、最樂者何事。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我又自思、我且飲酒以樂我身、心仍導以智慧、又執守愚拙、直至我得見人生在世、人生在世原文作人在天下終身行何事為美、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Quise luego hacer la prueba de entregarme al vino —si bien mi mente estaba bajo el control de la sabiduría—, y de aferrarme a la necedad, hasta ver qué de bueno le encuentra el hombre a lo que hace bajo el cielo durante los contados días de su vida.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 나는 많이 생각한 끝에 계속 지혜로운 길을 추구하면서 술로 내 인생을 즐기려고 하였으며 이것이 세상 사람들에게는 짧은 인생을 사는 최선의 방법이라고 생각하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis j’ai décidé en moi-même de m’adonner au vin , tout en continuant à me conduire avec sagesse, et j’ai résolu de me lancer dans la folie, le temps de voir ce qu’il est bon pour les humains de faire sous le ciel pendant les jours qu’ils ont à y vivre.
リビングバイブル - いろいろ試してみてから、私は知恵を探求し続ける一方で、酒を飲んで元気になろうと思いました。次に、もう一度考えを変えて、愚かな者になりきることにしました。多くの人が経験する幸福を味わってみようと思ったのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Decidi entregar-me ao vinho e à extravagância, mantendo, porém, a mente orientada pela sabedoria. Eu queria saber o que vale a pena, debaixo do céu, nos poucos dias da vida humana.
Hoffnung für alle - Ich nahm mir vor, mich mit Wein aufzuheitern und so zu leben wie die Unverständigen – doch bei allem sollte die Weisheit mich führen. Ich wollte herausfinden, was für die Menschen gut ist und worin sie in der kurzen Zeit ihres Lebens Glück finden können.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sau nhiều suy nghĩ, tôi quyết định dùng men rượu cho lòng phấn khởi. Và trong khi tìm kiếm sự khôn ngoan, tôi thử làm theo điều dại dột. Trong cách này, tôi cố gắng để thấy điều gì là vui vẻ cho con người trong cuộc đời phù du trên đất.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามทำตัวให้เบิกบานด้วยเหล้าองุ่นและทำอะไรโง่ๆ แต่จิตใจก็ยังนำข้าพเจ้าไว้ด้วยสติปัญญา ข้าพเจ้าอยากจะดูว่าอะไรบ้างที่มีคุณค่าซึ่งมนุษย์ควรจะทำกันใต้ฟ้าสวรรค์ในชั่วอายุสั้นๆ ของตน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามหาความสำราญใจให้แก่ตนเองด้วยเหล้าองุ่น และฉวยเอาความโง่เขลา ถึงกระนั้นสติปัญญาก็ยังเป็นฝ่ายนำในความคิดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าใคร่จะดูว่า เวลาอันสั้นในช่วงชีวิตมนุษย์นั้น มีอะไรดีๆ ที่พวกเขาจะกระทำในโลกได้บ้าง

交叉引用

Ecclesiastes 2:24 - There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.
Proverbs 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 - Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:32 - Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 - And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.
Proverbs 23:35 - You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
2 Corinthians 6:15 - And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16 - And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 - Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Genesis 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
Ecclesiastes 7:18 - It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.
1 Samuel 25:36 - When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning’s light.
Job 14:14 - If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 - I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.
Psalms 90:9 - Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
Psalms 90:10 - The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Psalms 90:11 - Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
Psalms 90:12 - So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 - I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
Ecclesiastes 3:13 - and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
Proverbs 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Proverbs 31:5 - lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 - For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – during the few days of his fleeting life – for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
Ephesians 5:18 - And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
Ecclesiastes 1:17 - So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!
Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New English Translation - I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.
新标点和合本 - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我心以智慧引导我，我心里探究，如何用酒使身体舒畅，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暂一生中，当行何事为美。
当代译本 - 于是，我决意用酒使自己快乐，在体验愚昧的同时仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暂的人生岁月中做何事才有益。
圣经新译本 - 我心里筹思，怎样用酒使我的身体畅快，又保持愚昧，但我的内心仍由智慧引导；直到我看明世人，在诸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，对他们有益的是什么。
中文标准译本 - 我的心以智慧引领我的同时，我心里探察如何用酒使我的肉体畅快并保持愚昧状，直到我看清世人一生可数的日子里，在天下做什么才有益处。
现代标点和合本 - 我心里察究如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
和合本（拼音版） - 我心里察究，如何用酒使我肉体舒畅，我心却仍以智慧引导我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生当行何事为美。
New International Version - I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
New International Reader's Version - I tried cheering myself up by drinking wine. I even tried living in a foolish way. But wisdom was still guiding my mind. I wanted to see what was good for people to do on earth during their short lives.
English Standard Version - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
New Living Translation - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Christian Standard Bible - I explored with my mind the pull of wine on my body — my mind still guiding me with wisdom — and how to grasp folly, until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
New American Standard Bible - I explored with my mind how to refresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.
New King James Version - I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Amplified Bible - I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
American Standard Version - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
King James Version - 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.
World English Bible - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
新標點和合本 - 我心裏察究，如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我心以智慧引導我，我心裏探究，如何用酒使身體舒暢，如何抓住愚昧，直等我看明世人在天下短暫一生中，當行何事為美。
當代譯本 - 於是，我決意用酒使自己快樂，在體驗愚昧的同時仍然保持理智，直到我明白在短暫的人生歲月中做何事才有益。
聖經新譯本 - 我心裡籌思，怎樣用酒使我的身體暢快，又保持愚昧，但我的內心仍由智慧引導；直到我看明世人，在諸天之下一生有限的年日中所行的，對他們有益的是甚麼。
呂振中譯本 - 我心裏探察，要怎樣用酒使我的肉體舒暢，要怎樣固執着愚昧，等到我看明人類在光天之下儘他一生小小數目的日子裏要怎樣行才好；我的心仍然靠着智慧來引導。
中文標準譯本 - 我的心以智慧引領我的同時，我心裡探察如何用酒使我的肉體暢快並保持愚昧狀，直到我看清世人一生可數的日子裡，在天下做什麼才有益處。
現代標點和合本 - 我心裡察究如何用酒使我肉體舒暢，我心卻仍以智慧引導我；又如何持住愚昧，等我看明世人，在天下一生當行何事為美。
文理和合譯本 - 我心思維、酌酒以快我身、而心仍為智慧所導、又思持守愚拙、知天下人畢生所行、孰為美善、
文理委辦譯本 - 我姑以酒為懽、若無智然、而仍不敢失度、庶知人生在世、最樂者何事。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我又自思、我且飲酒以樂我身、心仍導以智慧、又執守愚拙、直至我得見人生在世、人生在世原文作人在天下終身行何事為美、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Quise luego hacer la prueba de entregarme al vino —si bien mi mente estaba bajo el control de la sabiduría—, y de aferrarme a la necedad, hasta ver qué de bueno le encuentra el hombre a lo que hace bajo el cielo durante los contados días de su vida.
현대인의 성경 - 그래서 나는 많이 생각한 끝에 계속 지혜로운 길을 추구하면서 술로 내 인생을 즐기려고 하였으며 이것이 세상 사람들에게는 짧은 인생을 사는 최선의 방법이라고 생각하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я пытался утешить себя вином и, сохраняя мудрость, предаться глупости. Я хотел увидеть, что стоит людям делать под небом в немногие дни их жизни.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis j’ai décidé en moi-même de m’adonner au vin , tout en continuant à me conduire avec sagesse, et j’ai résolu de me lancer dans la folie, le temps de voir ce qu’il est bon pour les humains de faire sous le ciel pendant les jours qu’ils ont à y vivre.
リビングバイブル - いろいろ試してみてから、私は知恵を探求し続ける一方で、酒を飲んで元気になろうと思いました。次に、もう一度考えを変えて、愚かな者になりきることにしました。多くの人が経験する幸福を味わってみようと思ったのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Decidi entregar-me ao vinho e à extravagância, mantendo, porém, a mente orientada pela sabedoria. Eu queria saber o que vale a pena, debaixo do céu, nos poucos dias da vida humana.
Hoffnung für alle - Ich nahm mir vor, mich mit Wein aufzuheitern und so zu leben wie die Unverständigen – doch bei allem sollte die Weisheit mich führen. Ich wollte herausfinden, was für die Menschen gut ist und worin sie in der kurzen Zeit ihres Lebens Glück finden können.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sau nhiều suy nghĩ, tôi quyết định dùng men rượu cho lòng phấn khởi. Và trong khi tìm kiếm sự khôn ngoan, tôi thử làm theo điều dại dột. Trong cách này, tôi cố gắng để thấy điều gì là vui vẻ cho con người trong cuộc đời phù du trên đất.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามทำตัวให้เบิกบานด้วยเหล้าองุ่นและทำอะไรโง่ๆ แต่จิตใจก็ยังนำข้าพเจ้าไว้ด้วยสติปัญญา ข้าพเจ้าอยากจะดูว่าอะไรบ้างที่มีคุณค่าซึ่งมนุษย์ควรจะทำกันใต้ฟ้าสวรรค์ในชั่วอายุสั้นๆ ของตน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าพยายามหาความสำราญใจให้แก่ตนเองด้วยเหล้าองุ่น และฉวยเอาความโง่เขลา ถึงกระนั้นสติปัญญาก็ยังเป็นฝ่ายนำในความคิดของข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าใคร่จะดูว่า เวลาอันสั้นในช่วงชีวิตมนุษย์นั้น มีอะไรดีๆ ที่พวกเขาจะกระทำในโลกได้บ้าง

Ecclesiastes 2:24 - There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.
Proverbs 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
Proverbs 23:30 - Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
Proverbs 23:31 - Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:32 - Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34 - And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.
Proverbs 23:35 - You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
2 Corinthians 6:15 - And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16 - And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 - Therefore “come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord, “and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Genesis 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, “All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
Ecclesiastes 7:18 - It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.
1 Samuel 25:36 - When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning’s light.
Job 14:14 - If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 - I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.
Psalms 90:9 - Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
Psalms 90:10 - The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Psalms 90:11 - Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
Psalms 90:12 - So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 - I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,
Ecclesiastes 3:13 - and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
Proverbs 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Proverbs 31:5 - lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 - For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – during the few days of his fleeting life – for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
Ephesians 5:18 - And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
Ecclesiastes 1:17 - So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!
Proverbs 20:1 - Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.