Ecclesiastes 2:4-9

⁴I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

⁵I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

⁶I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

⁷I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

⁸I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

⁹And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.