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 gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

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;

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.

The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in them.

so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding;

Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.

My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.

Meditate on these things; be in these things in order that your improvement may appear to all.

This sore

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

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.

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.

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.

General references

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.