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 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

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:

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.

Great the works of Jehovah, sought out to all their desires.

To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;

Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.

He separating himself will Seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.

My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.

Bestow diligent care upon these things; be in them; that thy progress may be manifest in all things.

This sore

I saw the labor which God gave to the sons of man to be humbled in it

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.

And besides, from these, my son, beware: of making many books, no end; and much study wearies the flesh.

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.

General references

I saw the labor which God gave to the sons of man to be humbled in it