Ecclesiastes 1:13
I devoted myself to study and explored wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens. It is a grievous task God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the task that God has given with which the sons of men are occupied.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I know that this also is a striving after wind.
Genesis 3:19
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom. I looked for the explanation, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness.
Psalm 111:2
Jehovah's deeds are spectacular. They are studied by all who enjoy them.
Proverbs 2:2-4
Pay close attention to wisdom, and let your [mind and] heart (inner being) reach for discernment.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the most important thing. So gain wisdom! And by all means arrive at understanding.
Proverbs 18:1
A man of solitude (who keeps to himself) (isolates himself) seeks his own (selfish) desire. He objects to sound wisdom.
Proverbs 18:15
The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge. The ear of the wise one searches for knowledge.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep my ways.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have learned why people work so hard to succeed. It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is vanity! It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
I have seen all this and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time when one man rules over another to his own misery and harm.
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes)
Ecclesiastes 12:12
By these, my son, be admonished! There is no end to publishing many books. Also much study is a weariness of the flesh.
1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent and think about these things. Give yourself wholly to them. That way your progress may be apparent to all.