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Ecclesiastes 2 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:4 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:5 - I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Wisdom Excels Folly

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - 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 done long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

The Futility of Labor

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:25 - For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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