March 1, 2026, Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 2  I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity.  2  I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”  3  I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.  4  I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.  5  I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.  6  I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.  7  I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.  8  I al...