Ecclesiastes 7:23-29

23I used wisdom to test all of this. I said, “I want to be wise, but it is out of my reach.”

24Whatever wisdom may be, it is out of reach. It is deep, very deep. Who can find out what it is?

25I turned my attention to study, to explore, and to seek out wisdom and the reason for things. I learned that wickedness is stupid and foolishness is madness.

26I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.

27The spokesman said, “This is what I’ve found: I added one thing to another in order to find a reason for things.

28I am still seeking a reason for things, but have not found any. I found one man out of a thousand who had it, but out of all these I didn’t find one woman.

29I have found only this: God made people decent, but they looked for many ways ⌞to avoid being decent⌟.”