Ecclesiastes 2:4
I enlarged my works. I built myself houses and planted myself vineyards.
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Genesis 11:4
"Come, " they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King's Valley, for he had said, "I have no son to preserve the memory of my name." So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.

Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, "Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"

I builded

Deuteronomy 8:12-14
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, . . .

1 Kings 7:1, 2, 8-12
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. . . .

1 Kings 9:1
Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

1 Kings 15:19
"Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me."

1 Kings 10:19, 20
The throne had six steps and a rounded top at the back of the throne. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. . . .

2 Chronicles 8:1-6, 11
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace, . . .

i planted

1 Chronicles 27:27
Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

2 Chronicles 26:10
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Song of Solomon 7:12
Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom--there I will give you my love.

Song of Solomon 8:11, 12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. . . .

Isaiah 5:1
I will sing for my beloved, a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself;

King James Bible
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

International Standard Version
With respect to my extravagant works, I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

NET Bible
I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
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