Ecclesiastes:2:1-11
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I said in my heart , "
Come now ,
I will test you with mirth ;
therefore enjoy pleasure ";
but surely ,
this also was vanity .
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I said of laughter --"
Madness !";
and of mirth , "
What does it accomplish ?"
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I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine ,
while guiding my heart with wisdom ,
and how to lay hold on folly ,
till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives .
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I made my works great ,
I built myself houses ,
and planted myself vineyards .
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I made myself gardens and orchards ,
and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them .
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I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove .
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I acquired male and female servants ,
and had servants born in my house .
Yes ,
I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me .
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I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces .
I acquired male and female singers ,
the delights of the sons of men ,
and musical instruments of all kinds .
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So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem .
Also my wisdom remained with me .
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Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them .
I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure ,
For my heart rejoiced in all my labor ;
And this was my reward from all my labor .
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled ;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind .
There was no profit under the sun .
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