Ecclesiastes 1:13

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And I gave my heart to seek and to search out in wisdom concerning all which was done under the heavens: this evil business God gave to the sons of man to be occupied in it

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.

Job 28:3

He set an end to darkness, and he searched out for all completeness: the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.

Psalm 111:2

Great the works of Jehovah, sought out to all their desires.

Proverbs 18:1

He separating himself will Seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of him understanding will obtain knowledge and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.

Proverbs 25:2

The glory of God to conceal the word: and the glory of kings to search the word.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I will give my heart to know wisdom, and the knowledge of praise and understanding: I knew this also it is the striving of the spirit

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As thou wilt not know what the way of the spirit, as the bones in the womb of her being filled, so thou shalt not know the work of God who will make all.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And besides, from these, my son, beware: of making many books, no end; and much study wearies the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days pains, and vexation, his labor; also in the night his heart rested not Also this it is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a man good before his face, he gave wisdom and knowledge and gladness: and to him sinning, he gave labor, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good one before the face of God. Also this is vanity and the striving of the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I saw the labor which God gave to the sons of man to be humbled in it

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He made everything beautiful in his time: also he gave hidden time in their heart, so that man shall not find the work which God did from the beginning and even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw all the labor and all the success of the work, for this the jealousy of a man from his neighbor. Also this is vanity and striving of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I went round about, I and my heart., to know, and to examine, and to search out wisdom and understanding, and to know the injustice of folly, and the folly of wickedness:

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I saw, and giving my heart to every work which was done under the sun: a time which man had power overman for evil to him.

1 Timothy 4:15

Bestow diligent care upon these things; be in them; that thy progress may be manifest in all things.