Ecclesiastes 7:29
Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.
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Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and h
Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.
Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29
The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 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: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →