Ecclesiastes 7:27

Beholde (saith the preacher) this haue I diligently searched out and proued: One thing must be considered with another, that a man may come by knowledge,

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.

28which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

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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