Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 22:14 (17 votes) and Proverbs 5:3–5 (9 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 19 to Ecclesiastes 2.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:26 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 22:1417 votes
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 5:3–59 votes
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. …
- Proverbs 2:168 votes
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 2:18–197 votes
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:267 votes
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Proverbs 7:21–275 votes
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him. He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, …
- Proverbs 23:27–285 votes
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- Judges 16:18–213 votes
When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands. And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him. …
- Proverbs 9:183 votes
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:26?
The 10 strongest of 27.