Ecclesiastes 2:1-3

New International Version - UK

Pleasures are meaningless

2 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. ² ‘Laughter,’ I said, ‘is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?’ ³ 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.