I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her,

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

A man who pleases God can get away, but she will catch the sinner. Yes, said the Philosopher, I found this out little by little while I was looking for answers.

(26) And I find more bitter than death. The woman whose heart is snares and nets, Whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God shall escape from her,

Seeking ways apart from God's design leads to corruption. Solomon has discovered the pervasiveness of perversions and some rare exceptions along the way.

A seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her.

And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes...

Chapter 7. 26And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes ...

He found that righteousness is rare indeed regardless of gender. Few people are living before God as they should.