Ecclesiastes 1:13

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

and I purposed in my soul to seek and ensearch wisely of all things, that be made under the sun. God gave this evil occupation to the sons of men, that they should be occupied therein.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

in [the] sweat of thy cheer, [or face], thou shalt eat thy bread, till thou turn again into the earth of which thou art taken; for thou art dust, and thou shalt turn again into dust.

Job 28:3

God hath set time to darknesses, and he beholdeth the end of all things. Also a strand [or stream] parteth a stone of darkness, and the shadow of death,

Psalm 111:2

The works of the Lord be great; sought out into all his wills.

Proverbs 18:1

He that will go away from a friend, seeketh occasions, that is, feigneth causes; in all time he shall be despisable.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of a prudent man shall hold steadfastly knowing; and the ear of wise men seeketh teaching.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give thine heart to me, and thine eyes keep my ways.

Proverbs 25:2

The glory of God is to cover a word; and the glory of kings is to seek out a word.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom, wield thou wisdom; and in all thy possession, get thou prudence.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave mine heart, that I should know prudence and doctrine, and errors and folly. And I knew that in these things also was travail and torment of spirit;

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As thou knowest not, which is the way of the spirit, and by what reason bones be joined together in the womb of a woman with child, so thou knowest not the works of God, which is maker of all things.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

My son, seek thou no more than these; none end there is to make many books, and oft thinking is torment of [the] flesh.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days be full of sorrows and mischiefs, and by night he resteth not in soul; and whether this is not vanity?

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gave wisdom, and knowing, and gladness to a good man in his sight; but he gave torment, and superfluous busyness to a sinner, that he increase, and gather together, and give to him that pleaseth God; but also this is vanity, and vain busyness of soul.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I saw the torment, which God gave to the sons of men, that they be occupied therein.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God made all things good in their time, and gave the world to disputing of them, that a man find not the work that God hath wrought from the beginning unto the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again I beheld all the travails of men, and busynesses; and I perceived that those be open to [the] envy of the neighbour; and therefore in this is vanity, and superfluous busyness.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

one there is, and he hath not a second; neither a son, nor a brother; and nevertheless he ceaseth not to travail, neither his eyes be filled with riches; neither he bethinketh him, and saith, To whom travail I, and deceive my soul in goods? In this also is vanity, and the worst torment.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I compassed all things with my soul, to know, and to behold, and seek wisdom, and reason, and to know the wickedness of a fool, and the error of unprudent men.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I beheld all these things, and I gave mine heart in all works, that be done under the sun. Sometime a man is lord of a man, to his evil.

1 Timothy 4:15

Think thou these things, in these be thou, that thy profiting be showed to all men.