Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Ecclesiastes 2?
Ecclesiastes 2 opens with these words: “I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.” The line to keep is Ecclesiastes 2:1: “I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.” Carry the word “heart” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ecclesiastes 2:1: “I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.” What happens first in Ecclesiastes 2?
Ecclesiastes 2:1
“I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure”; and behold, this also was vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:3
“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.”
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Practice Ecclesiastes 2:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Isaidinmyheart,now,Itestyouwithmirth:thereforeenjoypleasure”;andbehold,thiswasvanity.