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Ecclesiastes 2:4-19

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4I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
5I made me gardens and orchards, And planted in them every kind of fruit tree.
6I made me pools of water, To water from them the timber-bearing wood.
7I got servants and maidens, And servants were born to me in the house: Also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, Beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
8Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, And the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, And delights of the sons of men, A butler and female cupbearers.
9So I became great, And advanced beyond all That were before me in Jerusalem: Also my wisdom was established to me.
10And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart From all my mirth: For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my portion Of all my labor.
11And I looked on all my works Which my hands had wrought, And on my labor which I labored to perform: And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, And there is no advantage under the sun.
12Then I looked on to see wisdom, And madness, and folly: For who is the man who will follow after counsel, In all things wherein he employs it?
13And I saw that wisdom excels folly, As much as light excels darkness.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; But the fool walks in darkness: And I perceived, even I, That one event shall happen to them all.
15And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, So shall it be to me, even to me; And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, Because the fool speaks of his abundance.
16For there is no remembrance of the wise man With the fool forever; Forasmuch as now in the coming days All things are forgotten: And how shall the wise man die with the fool?
17So I hated life; Because the work that was wrought under the sun Was evil before me: For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
18And I hated the whole of my labor Which I took under the sun; Because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.

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