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Ecclesiastes 7:29 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:29 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verse 29 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
Ecclesiastes 7:29 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found (לְבַד רְאֵה־זֶה מָצָאתִי, levad re'eh-zeh matsati)—'Only, see this I have found,' using levad (only/alone) to emphasize this is the single clear conclusion. That God hath made man upright (אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם יָשָׁר, asher asah ha'elohim et-ha'adam yashar)—'that God made humanity upright/straight.' But they have sought out many inventions (וְהֵמָּה בִקְשׁוּ חִשְּׁבֹנוֹת רַבִּים, vehemmah biqshu chishbonot rabbim)—'but they have sought many schemes/devices.'This verse provides the theological foundation for everything preceding: God created ha'adam (...
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Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:29
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“they don't know me; they are foolish children”
“and the earth was filled with violence.”
“For laying aside the commandment of God”
“and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
“disobedient”
“he made him in God's likeness.”
“Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them”
“and prostituted themselves in their deeds.”
“you heavens”
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”