Ecclesiastes 7:25

23 All this I have¹ proved by wisdom.
^aI said, “I will be wise”;
But it was far from me.

24 ^aAs for that which is far off and ^bexceedingly deep,
Who can find it out?

25 ^aI applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.

26 ^aAnd I find more bitter than death
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
¹He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her.

27 Here is what I have found,” says ^athe Preacher,
“Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason,

28 Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find:
^aOne man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found.

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Definitions of words in Ecclesiastes 7:25:

Ai {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ai {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Ai {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Heart {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Heart {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Madness {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Madness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Search {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wickedness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wisdom {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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