Ecclesiastes 2:1-3

Modern English Version

The Vanity of Pleasure

2 And I said in my heart, “Come, and I will test you with selfish pleasures to experience desires.” And notice that this too is vanity. ² And I said of frivolous fun, “They are only senseless ideas”; and regarding selfish pleasure, “What purpose is this?” ³ I investigated how to cheer up my body with wine, while my heart was still guiding me with wisdom, in order to grasp folly until I might experience what is good for sons of men to do under heaven during the number of days that they might have life.