Ecclesiastes 2:1

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 2

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1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

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

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