A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:28
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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.