Ecclesiastes 1:13

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 1:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Ecclesiastes 3:1010 votes

   I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

2. Genesis 3:198 votes

   By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

3. Ecclesiastes 8:16–176 votes

   When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night— I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

4. 1 Timothy 4:156 votes

   Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

5. Ecclesiastes 1:175 votes

   So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

6. Ecclesiastes 7:254 votes

   I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

7. Ecclesiastes 12:124 votes

   And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

8. Psalm 111:23 votes

   Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

9. Proverbs 2:2–43 votes

   if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, …

10. Proverbs 4:73 votes

    Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

11. Proverbs 18:13 votes
12. Proverbs 18:153 votes
13. Proverbs 23:263 votes
14. Ecclesiastes 2:233 votes

    Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

15. Ecclesiastes 2:263 votes

    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

16. Ecclesiastes 4:43 votes

    I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

17. Ecclesiastes 8:93 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 1:13?

The 10 strongest of 14.

• Ecclesiastes 3:1 19
• 1 Kings 3:12 8
• Psalm 119:45 6
• Ecclesiastes 4:8 6
• Ecclesiastes 3:10 5
• Job 28:3 4
• Ecclesiastes 8:16 3
• Genesis 3:19 2
• Judges 19:16 2
• Psalm 78:33 2