Ecclesiastes 7:27

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

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

In Context

26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

28For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

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 →

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