Ecclesiastes 7:29

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Cross-reference

In Ecclesiastes 3:11, God makes everything beautiful yet hides knowledge — a similar tension of good creation marred by human limitation and scheming.

Genesis 1:27 states God created man in His image, directly aligning with Ecclesiastes' claim that God made man upright.

Titus 3:3 Parallel

Titus 3:3 describes our former life of foolishness, disobedience, and slavery to passions—a vivid depiction of the many schemes devised after being made upright.

Ephesians 2:3 shows living in fleshly passions and desires, another expression of the many schemes that corrupted God's original upright creation.

Ephesians 2:2 describes walking in sin according to the world's course, a manifestation of the many schemes humans invented after being upright.

Romans 3:9-19 declares all humanity under sin, none righteous—the universal outcome of the many schemes that corrupted God's original upright creation.

Romans 1:21-32 describes humanity's fall from knowing God into idolatry and sin, directly illustrating the many schemes devised after being made upright.

Acts 7:40-43 recounts Israel's idolatry with the golden calf and star worship—a prime example of humans devising evil schemes instead of remaining upright.

Mark 7:9 Parallel

Mark 7:9 shows the active rejection of God's command to establish human traditions, a clear case of the schemes that corrupted original uprightness.

Mark 7:8 Parallel

In Mark 7:8, humans replace God's commandments with their own traditions, exemplifying the many schemes devised after being made upright.

Jeremiah 4:22 says they are shrewd in doing evil, directly echoing the 'searching out many schemes' of Ecclesiastes 7:29.

Jeremiah 2:13 describes Israel forsaking God, the fountain of living water, for broken cisterns—a vivid image of seeking many schemes.

Psalm 106:39 says they defiled themselves by their deeds, directly matching the 'many schemes' that corrupt God's upright creation.

Genesis 6:12 reinforces that all people corrupted their ways, directly illustrating the 'many schemes' of Ecclesiastes 7:29.

Genesis 1:26 records God's plan to make man in His image—the uprightness Ecclesiastes says God originally made humans.

Genesis 3:6 Allusion

Genesis 3:6 shows the first act of disobedience—the original scheme—where humans deviated from the uprightness God made.

Genesis 5:1 Allusion

Genesis 5:1 recalls that God made man in the likeness of God, the same original upright state Ecclesiastes references.

Genesis 6:5 Allusion

Genesis 6:5 depicts humanity's thoughts as only evil continually—the ultimate escalation of the 'many schemes' Ecclesiastes mentions.

Genesis 6:11 shows the result of those schemes: the earth became corrupt and violent, mirroring the human departure from uprightness.

In Ezekiel 28:15, the king of Tyre was blameless until unrighteousness appeared — a clear parallel to man created upright then devising schemes.

Psalm 14:3 Parallel

Psalm 14:1 describes the fool's denial of God and resulting corruption—a key scheme humans devised after being made upright.

Romans 1:30 Allusion

In Romans 1:30, 'inventors of evil' directly parallels 'sought out many schemes' — describing humanity's active devising of sin.

Romans 3:12 Parallel

In Romans 3:12, all have turned aside — confirming the universal fall from the uprightness God originally gave.

In Proverbs 19:21, many human plans are contrasted with God's purpose — echoing that the schemes man devises are subject to God's will.

Genesis 11:4-6 describes humans building a tower to make a name—a prime example of seeking out many schemes.

Psalm 106:29 recounts how Israel's wicked deeds provoked God's anger, a specific instance of the many schemes leading to judgment.

Genesis 3:7 Allusion

Genesis 3:7 describes the immediate result of the fall: sewing fig leaves, a tangible 'scheme' humans devised after losing uprightness.

Psalm 33:15 Related theme

In Psalm 33:15, God fashions hearts and observes all deeds — connecting to the Creator who made man upright and sees the schemes they devise.

Psalm 99:8 Related theme

Psalm 99:8 shows God forgives but also punishes misdeeds—the divine response to the human schemes described.

In Proverbs 21:8, the guilty way is crooked while the pure are upright — mirroring man's fall from uprightness to devious schemes.