Ecclesiastes 7:26

Easy To Read Version

I also found that \{some women are dangerous like traps\}. Their hearts are like nets, and their arms are like chains. It is worse than death to be caught by those women. A person that follows God will run away from those women. But a sinner will be caught by them.

Cross References

Genesis 19:35

So that night the two girls got their father drunk with wine. Then the younger daughter went into his bed and had sexual relations with him. Again, Lot {was so drunk} that he did not know when she came to bed or when she got up.

Genesis 39:9

My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I must not sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God.”

Exodus 10:7

Then the officials asked Pharaoh, “How long will we be trapped by these people. Let the men go to worship the Lord their God. If you don’t let them go, then before you know it, Egypt will be destroyed!”

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will save you from the woman stranger. Wisdom will save you from that foreign woman who says such sweet words when she tempts you to sin with her.

Proverbs 22:14

The sin of adultery is like a trap. The Lord will become very angry at the person who falls into that trap.

Proverbs 6:23

The commands and teachings from your parents are like a light that shows you the right way. They correct you and train you to follow the path to life.

Proverbs 6:24

Their teaching stops you from going to an evil woman. Their words protect you from the smooth talk of the wife that left her husband.

Proverbs 9:18

And those poor foolish people didn’t know that her house was filled only with ghosts. She (Foolishness) had invited them into the deepest parts of the place of death!

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If a person does good and pleases God, then God will give that person wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But a person that sins will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [14]}