Ecclesiastes:2:1-11
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I said in my heart ,
Come now ,
I will prove thee with mirth ,
therefore enjoy pleasure :
and behold ,
this also is vanity .
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I said of laughter ,
It is mad :
and of mirth ,
What doeth it ?
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I sought in my heart ,
to give myself to wine ,
yet acquainting my 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 .
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I made me great works ;
I built me houses ;
I planted me vineyards :
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I made me gardens and orchards ,
and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits :
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I made me pools of water ,
to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees :
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I procured me servants and maidens ,
and had servants born in my house ;
also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me :
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I gathered me also silver and gold ,
and the peculiar treasure of kings ,
and of the provinces :
I procured me men-singers and women-singers ,
and the delights of the sons of men ,
as musical instruments ,
and of all sorts .
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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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And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them ,
I withheld not my heart from any joy ;
for my heart rejoiced in all my labor :
and this was my portion of all my labor .
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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 vexation of spirit ,
and there was no profit under the sun .
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