Verse 28

which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.

Referenced Verses

• Job 33:23 : 23 "If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
• Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
• Eccl 7:23-24 : 23 All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me. 24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
• Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
• 1 Kgs 11:1-3 : 1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; 2 of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon joined to these in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.