Ecclesiastes 7:29

New English Translation

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

Cross References

Genesis 5:1

This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

Psalm 106:29

They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:39

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.

Psalm 99:8

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person’s wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord answered, “This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

Ezekiel 28:15

You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.