Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
Ecclesiastes 1:17
yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
Resolved, I, in my heart, to know and search out, and to seek wisdom, and a conclusion, - and to know lawlessness to be stupidity, and folly to be madness.
Psalm 111:2
Great are the works of Yahweh, sought out, by all who find pleasure therein.
Proverbs 2:2-4
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
Proverbs 4:7
The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Proverbs 18:1
A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.
Proverbs 18:15
the heart of the intelligent, acquireth knowledge, yea, the ear of the wise, seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 23:26
Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For, all his days, are pains, and, vexatious, is his employment, even in the night, his heart lieth not down, - even this, was, vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, - at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I gave my heart, to know wisdom, and to consider the business that was done upon the earth, then surely, by day and by night, there was one who suffered not his eyes, to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
And besides, from them, my son, be admonished, - Of making many books, there is no end, and, much study, is a weariness of the flesh.
1 Timothy 4:15
These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all: