Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- God
- Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 5:1
- they
- The descendants of Adam have sought out an immense number of inventions, in order to find happiness in the world, without God, which have only proved so many variations of impiety and iniquity.
- Genesis 3:6, 7; Genesis 6:5, 6, 11, 12; Genesis 11:4–6; Psalm 99:8; Psalm 106:29, 39; Jeremiah 2:12, 13; Jeremiah 4:22; Ezekiel 22:6–13; Mark 7:8, 9; Acts 7:40–43; Romans 1:21–32; Romans 3:9–19; Ephesians 2:2, 3; Titus 3:3