Ecclesiastes 1:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Job 28:3

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

Psalm 111:2

The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

Proverbs 18:1

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

Proverbs 4:7

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

1 Timothy 4:15

Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.