Ecclesiastes 1:13

Young's Literal Translation 1862

And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'

Job 28:3

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

Psalm 111:2

Great `are' the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.

Proverbs 18:1

For `an object of' desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 23:26

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Proverbs 25:2

The honour of God `is' to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.

Proverbs 4:7

The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study `is' a weariness of the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

1 Timothy 4:15

of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;