World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:28
“which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
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I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;
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which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
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Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
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