17 Women also make garments for men. These bring glory to men. Without women, men can’t exist. (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:17
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1 Esdras 4:21–23
21 With his wife he ends his days, with no thought for his father, mother, or country. (WEB) 22 By this also you must know that women have dominion over you. Don’t you labor and toil, and bring it all to give to women? (WEB) 23 Yes, a man takes his sword and goes out to travel, to… (WEB)
1 Corinthians 11:11–13
11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unc…
Baruch 6:10–12
10 Sometimes also the priests take gold and silver from their gods, and spend it on themselves. (WEB) 11 They will even give some of it to the common prostitutes. They dress them like men with garments, even the gods of silver, gods of gold, and gods of wood. (WEB) 12 Yet these god… (WEB)
1 Corinthians 11:7–9
7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
Sirach 36:21–23
21 A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another. (WEB) 22 The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance. A man desires nothing more. (WEB) 23 If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men. (WEB)
Baruch 6:32–34
32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead. (WEB) 33 The priests also take off garments from them and clothe their wives and children with them. (WEB) 34 Whether it is evil or good what one does to them, they are not able to repay it. They can’t… (WEB)
Sirach 25:21–23
21 Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty. (WEB) 22 There is anger, impudence, and great reproach if a woman supports her husband. (WEB) 23 A wicked woman is abasement of heart, sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart. A woman who won’t make… (WEB)
Sirach 42:12–14
12 Don’t gaze at every beautiful body. Don’t sit in the midst of women. (WEB) 13 For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness. (WEB) 14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace. (WEB)
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