26 (A)And I find more bitter than death
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
[a]He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:26 Lit. He who is good before God

14 (A)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
(B)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.

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(A)For the lips of [a]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is (B)smoother than oil;
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death,
(C)Her steps lay hold of [b]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
  2. Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol

26 For God gives (A)wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that (B)he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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18 For (A)her house [a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they [b]regain the paths of life—

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  1. Proverbs 2:18 sinks
  2. Proverbs 2:19 Lit. reach

16 To deliver you from (A)the immoral woman,
(B)From the seductress who flatters with her words,

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27 (A)For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
28 (B)She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.

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21 [a]With (A)her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
(B)With her flattering lips she [b]seduced him.
22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [c]as a fool to the correction of the [d]stocks,
23 Till an arrow struck his liver.
(C)As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it [e]would cost his life.

24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths;
26 For she has cast down many wounded,
And (D)all who were slain by her were strong men.
27 (E)Her house is the way to [f]hell,
Descending to the chambers of death.

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  1. Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
  2. Proverbs 7:21 compelled
  3. Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
  4. Proverbs 7:22 shackles
  5. Proverbs 7:23 Lit. is for
  6. Proverbs 7:27 Or Sheol

18 But he does not know that (A)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [a]hell.

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  1. Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol

18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart.” So the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand. 19 (A)Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then [a]she began to torment him, and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” So he awoke from his sleep, and said, “I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!” But he did not know that the Lord (B)had departed from him.

21 Then the Philistines took him and [b]put out his (C)eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

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  1. Judges 16:19 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX he began to be weak,
  2. Judges 16:21 Lit. bored out

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