Ecclesiastes 7:29

Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

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In The King James Version

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

In Context

28That which my soul hath hitherto sought, and I have not found, is this: a man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among a thousand have I not found.

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Cross References

Psalms 106:29Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.

Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this! Shudder, and be amazed! saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:6Behold the princes of Israel are engaged every one according to his strength within 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 →

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