Kohelet 7:25-27

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²⁵ I applied mine lev to have da’as, and to search, and to seek out chochmah, and the cheshbon (scheme, plan) of things, and to have da’as of resha (wickedness) of kesel (stupidity), even of sichlut (folly) and holelot (madness).

²⁶ And I find more mar (bitter) than mavet the isha, whose lev is snares and traps, and her hands are as chains; whoso pleaseth HaElohim shall escape from her; but the choteh (sinner) shall be ensnared by her.

²⁷ Look, this have I discovered, saith Kohelet, adding one point to another to find out the cheshbon (the scheme, plan of things);