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Ecclesiastes 2 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is 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 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the 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 orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as 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 in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, 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 already done.

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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; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also 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 it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The Futility of Labor

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should 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 shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured 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 man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also 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 that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was 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 else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight 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 is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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