Ecclesiastes:2:1-11
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Ecclesiastes:2:1 @
I said in my heart ,
Come now ,
I will prove thee with mirth ;
therefore enjoy pleasure :
and ,
behold ,
this also was vanity .
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Ecclesiastes:2:2 @
I said of laughter ,
It is mad ;
and of mirth ,
What doeth it ?
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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 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 .
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Ecclesiastes:2:4 @
I made me great works ;
I builded me houses ;
I planted me vineyards ;
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Ecclesiastes:2:5 @
I made me gardens and parks ,
and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit ;
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Ecclesiastes:2:6 @
I made me pools of water ,
to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared ;
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Ecclesiastes:2:7 @
I 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 ;
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Ecclesiastes:2:8 @
I 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 .
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Ecclesiastes:2:9 @
So I was great ,
and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem :
also my wisdom remained with me .
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Ecclesiastes:2:10 @
And 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 .
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Ecclesiastes:2:11 @
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought ,
and on the labor that I had labored to do ;
and ,
behold ,
all was vanity and a striving after wind ,
and there was no profit under the sun .
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