^{1 Ref} I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and, behold, this also was vanity.

^{2 Ref} I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"

^{3 Ref} I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.