Ecclesiastes 7:26 · KJV
“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. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}”
— Ecclesiastes 7:26
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: {I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}
Ecclesiastes 7 — Context
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25I 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: {I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}
26And 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. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}
28Which 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.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women {is} a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Proverbs 5:3-5
For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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. {in his...: Heb. before him}
Proverbs 7:21-27
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 23:27-28
For a whore {is} a deep ditch; and a strange woman {is} a narrow pit.
Judges 16:18-21
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
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