Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I found something more bitter than death--the woman who is like a trap. The love she offers you will catch you like a net, and her arms around you will hold you like a chain. A man who pleases God can get away, but she will catch the sinner. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her. I find Judges 16:18-21 Then seeing that he had discovered to her all his mind, she sent to the princes of the Philistines, saying: Come up this once more, for now he hath opened his heart to me. And they went up, taking with them the money which they had promised. . . . Proverbs 2:18,19 None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life. . . . Proverbs 5:3-5 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. . . . Proverbs 7:21-27 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, . . . Proverbs 9:18 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. Proverbs 23:27,28 For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit. . . . whoso pleaseth God Ecclesiastes 2:26 God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind. Context The Limits of Human Wisdom…25I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent: 26And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.27Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,… Cross References Exodus 10:7 And Pharao's servants said to him: How long shall we endure this scandal? Iet the men go to sacrifice to the Lord their God. Dost thou not see that Egypt is undone? Proverbs 2:19 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. Proverbs 5:4 Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. Proverbs 6:23 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. Proverbs 6:24 Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks: Proverbs 7:23 Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth. Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. Proverbs 23:28 She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. Ecclesiastes 7:27 Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account, Jump to Previous Bands Bitter Captured Caught Chains Death Discovered Ensnare Ensnared Escape Escapeth Find Finding Free Full Good Hands Heart Nets Pleased Pleases Pleaseth Pleasing Sinner Snare Snares TrapsJump to Next Bands Bitter Captured Caught Chains Death Discovered Ensnare Ensnared Escape Escapeth Find Finding Free Full Good Hands Heart Nets Pleased Pleases Pleaseth Pleasing Sinner Snare Snares TrapsLinks Ecclesiastes 7:26 NIVEcclesiastes 7:26 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:26 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:26 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:26 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 7:26 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 7:26 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 7:26 French Bible Ecclesiastes 7:26 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are be bitter but by captured chains death discovered ensnare escape find from God hands heart her I is man more nets One pleases pleasing she sinner snare snares than the to trap who whose will woman OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 7:26 I find more bitter than death (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |