Ecclesiastes 7:29

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

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

Ecclesiastes 7:29 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 7

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26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, [laying] one thing to another, to find out the account;

28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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