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Ecclesiastes 7:29

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.

Young's Literal Translation

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

28(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:6And the woman seeth that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

Genesis 6:5And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

Genesis 11:4And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'

Psalms 106:29And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,

Jeremiah 2:12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:6Lo, princes of Israel — each according to his arm 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 →

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