Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I set my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness;
Psalm 111:2
The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in them.
Proverbs 2:2-4
so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding;
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
Proverbs 18:1
He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this I have seen, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth; for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
1 Timothy 4:15
Meditate on these things; be in these things in order that your improvement may appear to all.