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Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou[ art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth:( for also[ there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek[ it] out, yet he shall not find[ it]; yea further; though a wise[ man] think to know[ it], yet shall he not be able to find[ it].
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied mine 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:
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This[ is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Proverbs 2:2-4
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,[ and] apply thine heart to understanding;Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,[ and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as[ for] hid treasures;
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Ecclesiastes 2:26
For[ God] giveth to a man that[ is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to[ him that is] good before God. This also[ is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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Psalms 111:2
The works of the LORD[ are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
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Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days[ are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom[ is] the principal thing;[ therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun:[ there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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1 Timothy 4 15
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books[ there is] no end; and much study[ is] a weariness of the flesh.
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Proverbs 18:1
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh[ and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.