Ecclesiastes 7:26

New Century Version

I found that some women are worse than death and are as dangerous as traps. Their love is like a net, and their arms hold men like chains. A man who pleases God will be saved from them, but a sinner will be caught by them.

Cross References

Genesis 19:35

So that night they got their father drunk again, and the younger daughter went and had sexual relations with him. Again, Lot did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 39:9

There is no one in his house greater than I. He has not kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How can I do such an evil thing? It is a sin against God.”

Exodus 10:7

The king’s officers asked him, “How long will this man make trouble for us? Let the Israelites go to worship the Lord their God. Don’t you know that Egypt is ruined?”

Proverbs 2:16

It will save you from the unfaithful wife who tries to lead you into adultery with pleasing words.

Proverbs 22:14

The words of an unfaithful wife are like a deep trap. Those who make the Lord angry will get caught by them.

Proverbs 6:23

These commands are like a lamp; this teaching is like a light. And the correction that comes from them will help you have life.

Proverbs 6:24

They will keep you from sinful women and from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.

Proverbs 9:18

But these people don’t know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

The Teacher says, “This is what I learned: I added all these things together to find some meaning for everything.