“I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?”
Ecclesiastes 2:2 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 2:2
From Ecclesiastes 2, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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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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I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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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.
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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: