Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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Genesis 39:9He is not greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees, and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head. And she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Proverbs 2:18(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of LORD shall fall in it.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29
The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →