3  I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life. 4  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards; 5  I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit; 6  I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared. 7  I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me. 8  I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines. 9  And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 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 from all my labour.