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Unoccupied nets and loose chains rest on a stone table.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26

The Snare in the Saying

Wisdom Tested at Its Limits · Ecclesiastes 7

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26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is traps and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

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