Ecclesiastes 1:13

Revised Version 1885

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Job 28:3

Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest bound The stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

Psalm 111:2

The works of the LORD are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Proverbs 18:1

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: Yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw all labour and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness:

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

1 Timothy 4:15

Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.