Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:28
A church father on this verse
“"Behold, I have found this, says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account. Which still my soul seeks, but I have not found it. I have found one man among a thousand, but one woman among all those I have not found. Only this have I found: that God has made man righteous, but he has sought out many inv…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28Which my soul sought after, but I found not: For I have found one man of a thousand; But a woman in all these I have not found.
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26And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be More bitter than death the woman which is a snare, And her heart nets, Who has a band in her hands: He that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; But the sinner shall be caught by her.
27Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, Seeking by one at a time to find out the account,
— Ecclesiastes 7:28 —
29But, behold, this have I found, That God made man upright; But they have sought out many devices. Who knows the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a saying?