Ecclesiastes 7:27-29

New International Reader's Version

“I added one thing to another to find out
    everything I could about wisdom.
²⁸ I searched and searched
    but found very little.
I did find one honest man among a thousand.
    But I didn’t find one honest woman among a thousand.
²⁹ Here’s the only other thing I found.
    God created human beings as honest.
    But they’ve made many evil plans.”