Ecclesiastes 7:27

This is what I discovered after putting two and two together to try and find out what it all meant, says the Teacher.

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

In Context

26I discovered something more horrible than death: foolishness like a woman who tries to entrap you, who wants to use her mind and hands to catch you and tie you up. Those who follow God will not be caught, but sinners will fall into her trap.

28Although I really searched, I didn't find what I was looking for. People say, “I found one man among a thousand, but not one woman.”

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1Here are the words of the Teacher, the king of Jerusalem, David's son.

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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