And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.(Ecclesiastes 1:17)
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.(Ecclesiastes 1:18)
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.(Ecclesiastes 2:1)
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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.(Ecclesiastes 2:3)
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:(Ecclesiastes 2:4)
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:(Ecclesiastes 2:5)
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Ecclesiastes 2:2 - Cross Reference
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; (Amos 6:3)
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. (Proverbs 14:13)
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: (Isaiah 22:12)
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. (1 Peter 4:2)
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (Ecclesiastes 7:2)