Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:29
A church father on this verse
“For [the soul] is made to see God and to be enlightened by him; but of its own accord in God's stead it has sought corruptible things and darkness, as the Spirit says somewhere in writing, "God made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions." Thus it has been then that people from the first discovered and…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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?
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In context
27Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, Seeking by one at a time to find out the account,
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.
— Ecclesiastes 7:29 —