Ecclesiastes 7:29

New Century Version

One thing I have learned: God made people good, but they have found all kinds of ways to be bad.”

Cross References

Genesis 5:1

This is the family history of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them in his own likeness.

Psalm 106:29

They made the Lord angry by what they did, so many people became sick with a terrible disease.

Psalm 106:39

The people became unholy by their sins; they were unfaithful to God in what they did.

Psalm 99:8

Lord our God, you answered them. You showed them that you are a forgiving God, but you punished them for their wrongs.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

No one is like the wise person who can understand what things mean. Wisdom brings happiness; it makes sad faces happy.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are stupid children; they don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Ezekiel 28:15

Your life was right and good from the day you were created, until evil was found in you.

Titus 3:3

In the past we also were foolish. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We spent our lives doing evil and being jealous. People hated us, and we hated each other.