Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and to search out in wisdom concerning all which was done under the heavens: this evil business God gave to the sons of man to be occupied in it
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I saw the labor which God gave to the sons of man to be humbled in it
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I will give my heart to know wisdom, and the knowledge of praise and understanding: I knew this also it is the striving of the spirit
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I went round about, I and my heart., to know, and to examine, and to search out wisdom and understanding, and to know the injustice of folly, and the folly of wickedness:
Psalm 111:2
Great the works of Jehovah, sought out to all their desires.
Proverbs 2:2-4
To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.
Proverbs 18:1
He separating himself will Seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of him understanding will obtain knowledge and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days pains, and vexation, his labor; also in the night his heart rested not Also this it is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to a man good before his face, he gave wisdom and knowledge and gladness: and to him sinning, he gave labor, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good one before the face of God. Also this is vanity and the striving of the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw all the labor and all the success of the work, for this the jealousy of a man from his neighbor. Also this is vanity and striving of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this I saw, and giving my heart to every work which was done under the sun: a time which man had power overman for evil to him.
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
According as I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the labor that was done upon the earth: for also in the day and in the night he saw not sleep with his eyes.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
And besides, from these, my son, beware: of making many books, no end; and much study wearies the flesh.
1 Timothy 4:15
Bestow diligent care upon these things; be in them; that thy progress may be manifest in all things.