Ecclesiastes 7:29
But, behold, this have I found, 1 That God made man upright; 1 But they have sought out many devices. 1 Who knows the wise? 1 And who knows the interpretation of a saying?
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Genesis 3:6And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Genesis 6:5And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
Genesis 11:4And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Psalms 106:29And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, 1 And its waves are still. 1
Jeremiah 2:12The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 22:6Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in thee each one with his kindred, that they might 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 →