Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I (A)searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on (B)folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Ecclesiastes 2:10-12
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10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart (A)found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my (B)reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (C)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (D)to be gained under the sun.
The Vanity of Living Wisely
12 (E)So I turned to consider (F)wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only (G)what has already been done.
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