Ecclesiastes 7:26

American Standard Version (1901)

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

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  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  • Prov 5:3-5 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Judg 16:18-21 : 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought the money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him. 21 And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. 28 Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
  • Prov 7:21-27 : 21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool; 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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  • Eccl 7:27-28
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    27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, [laying] one thing to another, to find out the account;

    28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

  • Prov 5:3-6
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    77%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    76%

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

    13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Prov 2:16-19
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

    19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

  • Prov 7:21-23
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    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 7:5
    74%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 22:14
    73%

    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

    28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

  • Prov 23:33
    73%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Prov 5:20
    72%

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Prov 11:22
    71%

    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

  • Prov 21:19
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    19It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; [But] a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 27:16
    71%

    16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

  • Prov 30:23
    71%

    23For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

  • Ezek 16:32
    71%

    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

  • Prov 18:22
    71%

    22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

  • Job 31:9
    71%

    9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

  • Hos 2:7
    70%

    7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

  • Prov 4:6
    70%

    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    70%

    6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

  • Prov 21:9
    70%

    9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.