26 I discovered this:More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare;her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains.The man who pleases God escapes her,but the sinner is captured by her.
27 The Teacher says:I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.
28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;I have found only one upright man among a thousand,but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
29 This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright,but they have sought many evil schemes.