What does Ecclesiastes 7:29 mean?

Ecclesiastes 7:29 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Ecclesiastes 7:29 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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