“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
The statement that God made humans upright but they sought complications represents the book's summary of human nature and condition. The simpler reading—humans naturally good but corrupted themselves—contrasts with the evident sinfulness explored throughout. This final verse of chapter 7 suggests that wisdom consists in recognizing both human potential for good and actual tendency toward elaborate self-deception.
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