Ecclesiastes 1:13

Good News Translation

I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again.”

Job 28:3

Miners explore the deepest darkness. They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness.

Psalm 111:2

How wonderful are the things the Lord does! All who are delighted with them want to understand them.

Proverbs 18:1

People who do not get along with others are interested only in themselves; they will disagree with what everyone else knows is right.

Proverbs 18:15

Intelligent people are always eager and ready to learn.

Proverbs 23:26

Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.

Proverbs 25:2

We honor God for what he conceals; we honor kings for what they explain.

Proverbs 4:7

Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

My child, there is something else to watch out for. There is no end to the writing of books, and too much study will wear you out.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can't rest. It is all useless.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I know the heavy burdens that God has laid on us.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has set the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

But I devoted myself to knowledge and study; I was determined to find wisdom and the answers to my questions, and to learn how wicked and foolish stupidity is.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I saw all this when I thought about the things that are done in this world, a world where some people have power and others have to suffer under them.

1 Timothy 4:15

Practice these things and devote yourself to them, in order that your progress may be seen by all.