Ecclesiastes 1:13

Modern King James Version

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

1 Timothy 4:15

Meditate on these things; be in these things in order that your improvement may appear to all.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And further, by these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I set my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness;

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 18:1

He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Psalm 111:2

The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in them.

Job 28:3

He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says , For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As you do not know what is the way of the spirit, as how the bones grow in the pregnant woman's womb; even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.

Proverbs 25:2

The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.