Ecclesiastes 7:26

Compare the account of Solomon’s wives 1 Kings 11:1-8 : see also Proverbs 2:16-19; Proverbs 5:3...

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs and Reflections. After asking, What is good for man in life? ( Ecclesiastes 6:12 ), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by wa...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In Dispraise of Women. All the foregoing maxims have been tested, yet Qoheleth has not attained wisdom ( Ecclesiastes 7:23 ); the true inwardness o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whose heart is snares and nets— Who herself is a company of hunters; nay, her heart is nets; her hands are bands. He who is good in the presence o...
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And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; bu...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sir. 9:3; Sir. 26:23. Snares. — See Ecclesiastes 9:12 ; used for siege works, Ecclesiastes 9:14 . Nets. — Habakkuk 1:15 ; Ezekiel 26:5 ....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be sa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I find more bitter than death the woman ,.... This was the issue of his diligent studies and researches, and the observations he had made; this...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I find By my own sad experience, which Solomon here records as a testimony of his true repentance for his foul miscarriages, for which he was w...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I find, by my own sad experience; which Solomon here records, partly as an instance of that folly and madness which he expressed in general, Eccl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 7 It Is Good To Be Aware of Death, To Listen To Rebuke, To Behave Wisely, Even Though Life Is Unfair. But The World Is Full of Wickedness....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

His Search For Understanding Resulting from His Wisdom Has Made Him Aware Of Man's Sinfulness And Folly ( Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 ). Ecclesiastes 7:...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:27 . Counting one by one, to find out the account] Collecting the results of many observations—thus forming an op...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7 and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 I. The endeavour to secure a competence may be not lawful only, but most laudable, since God means us t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 7:1 . A good name is better than precious ointment. Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8 .—Division II . DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE - MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Spirit of Sorrow Over Sin and its Allurements
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, who uses words and glances to inveigle her victims, and her hands as ban...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:26 ; Judges 16:18-21 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 2:19 ; Proverbs 22:14 ; Proverbs 23:27 ; Proverbs 23:28 ; Proverbs 5:3-5 ; Pr...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I find — By my own sad experience. Shall escape — Shall be prevented from falling into her hands.

²⁶ And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 7:26

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:26