Ecclesiastes 7:26
“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 her.”
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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:
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 her.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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Cross-References
“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.”
“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.”
“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
“But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.”
“And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”