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Ecclesiastes 7:29

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:29 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 4:22 (11 votes) and Genesis 6:11–12 (6 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 1 to Titus 3.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:29 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Jeremiah 4:2211 votes

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

  2. Genesis 6:11–126 votes

    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

  3. Mark 7:8–96 votes

    You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

  4. Genesis 5:15 votes

    This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

  5. Titus 3:35 votes

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

  6. Genesis 1:26–274 votes

    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  7. Genesis 3:6–74 votes

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

  8. Genesis 6:5–64 votes

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

  9. Psalm 99:84 votes

    O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

  10. Psalm 106:394 votes

    They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

  11. Jeremiah 2:12–134 votes
  12. Ephesians 2:2–34 votes
  13. Genesis 11:4–63 votes
  14. Psalm 106:293 votes
  15. Romans 3:9–193 votes

    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. …

  16. Ezekiel 22:6–132 votes
  17. Acts 7:40–432 votes
  18. Romans 1:21–322 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:29?

The 10 strongest of 16.