Ecclesiastes 7:24-26

The Voice

²⁴ True wisdom remains elusive; its profound mysteries are remote. Who can discover it?

²⁵ So I turned and dedicated my heart to knowing more, to digging deeper, to searching harder for wisdom and the reasons things are as they are. I applied myself to understanding the connection between wickedness and folly, between folly and madness. ²⁶ Along this journey, I discovered something more bitter than death—a seductive woman. Her heart is a trap and net. Her hands shackle your wrists. Those who seek to please God will escape her clutches, but sinners will be caught in her trap.