Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find as more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bonds: he that is deemed good before God will escape from her; but the sinner will be caught by her.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
27Behold, this have I found, saith Koheleth, [adding] one to the other, to find experience,
Cross References
Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great evil, and sin against God?
Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to subdue him, and his strength departed from him.
Proverbs 2:18For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
Proverbs 5:3For as of fine honey drop the lips of an adulterous woman, and smoother than oil is her palate;
Proverbs 7:21She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.
Proverbs 22:14A deep pit is the mouth of adulterous women: he that hath obtained the indignation of the Lord will fall thereinto.
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 →