Ecclesiastes 7:26

God's Word

I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.

Cross References

Genesis 19:35

That night they gave their father wine to drink again. Then the younger one went to bed with him. He didn’t know when she came to bed or when she got up.

Genesis 39:9

No one in this house is greater than I. He’s kept nothing back from me except you, because you’re his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

Exodus 10:7

Then Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man hold us in his grip? Let the Israelite men go to worship the Lord their God. When will you realize that Egypt is ruined?”

Proverbs 2:16

⌞Wisdom will⌟ also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

Proverbs 6:23

because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.

Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the souls of the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to anyone who pleases him. But to the person who continues to sin, he gives the job of gathering and collecting ⌞wealth⌟. The sinner must turn his wealth over to the person who pleases God. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

The spokesman said, “This is what I’ve found: I added one thing to another in order to find a reason for things.