Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
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27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find out the scheme 28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those. 29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,(A) 28 which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. 29 See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.(B)
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