Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 3:6And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
Genesis 6:5Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Genesis 11:4And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name,—lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Psalms 106:29So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.
Jeremiah 2:12Be amazed, O ye heavens, at this,—And shudder, be dried up utterly, Urgeth Yahweh.
Ezekiel 22:6Lo! the princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding 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 →