Ecclesiastes 2:2 Cross References - Bishops

² Insomuch that I saide vnto the man geuen to laughter, thou art mad: and to mirth, what doest thou

¹³ The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heauinesse

² It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart ³ Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed ⁴ The heart of the wise is in the mourning house: but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth ⁵ It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles ⁶ For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing

¹² And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng, to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth ¹³ And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye

³ Ye that put farre away the euyll day, and approche to the seate of iniquitie ⁴ They lye vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretche them selues vpon their couches, and eate the lambes out of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall ⁵ They sing to the sounde of the viole, they inuent to them selues instrumentes of musicke, like Dauid ⁶ They drinke wine in bowles, and annoynt them selues with chiefe ointmentes: but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph

² That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God ³ For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie ⁴ And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you