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Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to
the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
 

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Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NIV)

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
 

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Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NIV)

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.”
But that also proved to be meaningless.
 

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Ecclesiastes 2:3 (NIV)

I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
 

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Ecclesiastes 2:7 (ASV)

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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Ecclesiastes 2:8 (ASV)

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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Ecclesiastes 2:10 (ASV)

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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Ecclesiastes 2:11(ASV)

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.