Ecclesiastes 7:27

Catholic Public Domain Version

And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

Behold, Ecclesiastes said, I have discovered these things, one after another, in order that I might discover the explanation