Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

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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 find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

28While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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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