Ecclesiastes:2:1-12
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I said in mine heart ,
Go to 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 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 .
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I made me great works ma #
aseh #;
I builded 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 therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees :
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I got 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 gat me men singers and women singers ,
and the delights of the sons of men ,
as musical instruments shiddah #,
and that 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 whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them ,
I withheld not my heart from any joy ;
for my heart rejoiced in all my labour :
and this was my portion of all my labour .
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Then I looked on all t works that my hands had wrought ,
and on the labour that I had laboured to do :
and ,
behold ,
all was vanity and vexation of spirit ,
and there was no profit under the sun .
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom ,
and madness ,
and folly :
for what can the man do that cometh after the king ?
even that which hath been already done .