Ecclesiastes 7:29

New International Reader's Version

Here’s the only other thing I found. God created human beings as honest. But they’ve made many evil plans.”

Cross References

Genesis 5:1

Here is the written story of Adam’s family line. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him.

Psalm 106:29

Their evil ways made the Lord angry. So a plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:39

The people made themselves impure by what they had done. They weren’t faithful to the Lord.

Psalm 99:8

Lord our God, you answered them. You showed Israel that you are a God who forgives. But when they did wrong, you punished them.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like a wise person? Who knows how to explain things? A person’s wisdom makes their face bright. It softens the look on their face.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are children who do not have any sense. They have no understanding at all. They are skilled in doing what is evil. They do not know how to do what is good.”

Ezekiel 28:15

Your conduct was without blame from the day you were created. But soon you began to sin.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.