Ecclesiastes 1:13 Cross References - MKJV

¹³ And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

¹⁹ 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.

² The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all those who have pleasure in them.

² so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding; ³ yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding; ⁴ if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

⁷ Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

¹ He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.

¹⁵ The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

²⁶ My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.

¹⁷ And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

²³ For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

²⁶ For God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives labor, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁰ I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

⁴ 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.

²⁵ 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;

⁹ 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.

¹⁶ When I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth; for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes. ¹⁷ Then I looked at all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea, further, though a wise one speaks of knowing, yet he shall not be able to find it.

¹² 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.

¹⁵ Meditate on these things; be in these things in order that your improvement may appear to all.