Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Cross-reference

Ecclesiastes 2:26 contrasts the sinner who loses everything with the one who pleases God—the same distinction made in escaping the snare.

Proverbs 5:3 describes the seductive speech of the adulterous woman, the same kind of trap Ecclesiastes warns against with her snares.

Proverbs 23:28 says the adulteress lies in wait like a robber—reinforcing the predatory, entrapping nature of the woman here.

Proverbs 23:27 compares a prostitute to a deep pit and an adulteress to a narrow well—identical danger to the woman described here.

Proverbs 22:14 calls the mouth of a forbidden woman a deep pit—the same trap imagery as the snares and nets here.

Proverbs 9:18 reveals that the guests of Lady Folly are in the depths of Sheol—echoing the fatal snare of the seductive woman.

Proverbs 7:21-27 details the seduction by the adulteress—the same 'woman whose heart is snares'—and her path to death.

Proverbs 2:19 warns that none who go to her return to life, reinforcing the finality of the trap Ecclesiastes describes.

Proverbs 2:18 depicts the seductive woman whose house leads to death, paralleling Ecclesiastes' description of her as a deadly snare.

Judges 16:18-21 recounts Delilah betraying Samson – the very snare and trap that Ecclesiastes warns about as more bitter than death.

In Proverbs 2:16, wisdom delivers from the forbidden woman — the same escape Ecclesiastes says pleases God.

Job 31:9 Parallel

In Job 31:9, Job's oath against being enticed by a woman shows the righteous avoidance of the snare Ecclesiastes describes.

In Nehemiah 13:26, Solomon's fall to foreign women illustrates the very snare Ecclesiastes warns about — even the wisest king was ensnared.

Genesis 39:12 shows Joseph fleeing Potiphar’s wife—a clear example of the righteous man escaping the snare of the seductive woman.

In Proverbs 5:4, the forbidden woman's end is bitter as wormwood — mirroring Ecclesiastes' 'more bitter than death'.

In Proverbs 6:24, the command to preserve from the adulteress reinforces Ecclesiastes' warning about the woman's nets.

In Proverbs 6:32, the adulterer destroys himself — the same destruction as the sinner taken by the woman in Ecclesiastes.

1 Kings 21:25 says Jezebel incited Ahab to evil — a clear case of a woman leading a man into sin, echoing Ecclesiastes' warning.

In Proverbs 7:27, the adulteress's house leads to death — directly echoing Ecclesiastes' 'more bitter than death' and 'snares'.

Judges 16:19 shows Delilah shaving Samson's hair, completing his downfall — the ultimate consequence of being taken by a deceptive woman.

Judges 16:8 Parallel

Judges 16:8 has Delilah binding Samson with bowstrings — a direct example of a woman's 'hands being fetters' as Ecclesiastes warns.

Numbers 31:16 Historical context

Numbers 31:16 links Balaam's advice to the Peor incident, where women caused Israel to sin — the same seductive trap referenced in Ecclesiastes.

Numbers 25:1 Historical context

Numbers 25:1 records Moabite women seducing Israel into idolatry — a historical instance of women as 'snares and nets' that Ecclesiastes describes.

In Proverbs 14:27, fearing the Lord turns from snares of death — showing the solution to the woman's snare in Ecclesiastes.

In Proverbs 5:22, the wicked are ensnared by their own iniquity — similar to the sinner caught by the woman's snares in Ecclesiastes.