Ecclesiastes 2:9
“The wise person always finds himself "increasing" when he prospers. But in life, it is the last and the first thing to reach perfection. In Scripture it is said, "When human beings have finished, they are just beginning." Of course, even if human beings reach the perfection possible in this life, still, as it is said,…”
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Preparing…
Preparing…
Preparing…
7I 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:
8I 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.
— Ecclesiastes 2:9 —
10And 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.
11Then 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.