Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Ecclesiastes 10:13
The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:16
There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
Proverbs 11:29
The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 4:8
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
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Proverbs 1:2
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
Proverbs 4:7
The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
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