Ecclesiastes 7:29
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 7
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”Ecclesiastes 7:29
What Does Ecclesiastes 7:29 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 7:29 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7, verse 29 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 7:29 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 19:21“There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.”Ecclesiastes 3:11“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”Genesis 6:5“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”Genesis 1:26“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”Psalms 14:3“They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”Jeremiah 4:22“For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”Romans 3:12“They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”Genesis 5:1“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”Genesis 6:11“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”Mark 7:8“For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.”Titus 3:3“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”Genesis 3:6“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”Psalms 99:8“Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.”Psalms 106:39“Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.”Jeremiah 2:12“Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.”Ephesians 2:2“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”Genesis 11:4“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”Job 15:14“What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”Psalms 33:15“He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.”Psalms 106:29“Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.”
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