Ecclesiastes 7:25-29

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⌟.”