TOPICAL BIBLE
Epicureans
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Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:3I 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.Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;Ecclesiastes 2:7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.Luke 7:33For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.Acts 17:18And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
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