Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be 1 More bitter than death the woman which is a snare, 1 And her heart nets, 1 Who has a band in her hands: 1 He that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; 1 But the sinner shall be caught by her. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
27Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, 1 Seeking by one at a time to find out the account, 1
Cross References
Genesis 39:9and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?
Judges 16:19And Delilah made Samson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
Proverbs 2:18For she has fixed her house near death, 1 And guided her wheels near Hades with the giants. 1
Proverbs 5:3For honey drops from the lips of a harlot, 1 Who for a season pleases thy palate: 1
Proverbs 7:21So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, 1 And with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path. 1
Proverbs 22:14a Evil ways are before a man, 1 And he does not like to turn away from them; 1 But it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way. 1
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 →