Ecclesiastes 7:26
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
Cross References
Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went from him.
Proverbs 2:18for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 7:21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
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 →