Ecclesiastes 7:26

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I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

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  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
  • Prov 5:3-5 : 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive 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 lead straight to the grave.
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits. 19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth– only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile– like chasing the wind!
  • Judg 16:18-21 : 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, she sent for the rulers of the Philistines, saying,“Come up here again, for he has told me his secret.” So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands. 19 She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him. 20 She said,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him. 21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well. 28 Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
  • Prov 7:21-27 : 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along. 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. 24 So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways; 26 for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. 27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:27-28
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    27The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.

    28What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

  • Prov 5:3-6
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    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

    5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

    13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Prov 2:16-19
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

    19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 7:21-23
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    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

    28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

    18She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:19
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    19It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the LORD– she makes herself praiseworthy.

    31Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 31:10
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    10The Wife of Noble Character Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the LORD.

  • Job 31:9
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    9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

  • Hos 2:7
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    7Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Prov 6:32
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    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.