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

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

The LORD's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

This sore

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until 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 burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.