Ecclesiastes 1:13

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Summary

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

I gave

This sore

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:10

Bible References

I gave

And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them.

making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

This sore

I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

General references

I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.