3 I searched with my heart how to tcheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on ufolly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the vfew days of their life.
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Judges 9:13
But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’
Psalm 104:15
and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
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