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Ecclesiastes 7:29

Ecclesiastes 7:29

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God: Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 5:1

they: The descendants of Adam have sought out an immense number of inventions, in order to find happiness in the world, without God, which have only proved so many variations of impiety and iniquity. Genesis 3:6-7, Genesis 6:5-6, Genesis 6:11-12, Genesis 11:4-6; Psalms 99:8, Psalms 106:29, Psalms 106:39; Jeremiah 2:12-13; Jeremiah 4:22; Ezekiel 22:6-13; Mark 7:8-9; Acts 7:40-43; Romans 1:21-32, Romans 3:9-19; Ephesians 2:2-3; Titus 3:3

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