Ecclesiastes 7:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Critique of Advice on Women. 26 (A)More bitter than death I find the woman[a] who is a hunter’s trap, whose heart is a snare, whose hands are prison bonds. The one who pleases God will be delivered from her, but the one who displeases will be entrapped by her.
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- 7:26 More bitter than death…the woman: warnings against the scheming, adulterous woman are common in ancient wisdom (e.g., Prv 2:16–19, etc.).
Ecclesiastes 7:26
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:26
King James Version
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.
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Proverbs 13:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.
Proverbs 13:22
New International Version
22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)
Proverbs 13:22
King James Version
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
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