Ecclesiastes 2:4-9

⁴I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

⁵I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

⁶I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

⁷I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

⁸I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man — a wife and wives.

⁹And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.