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)
1 Esdras 4:22
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1 Esdras 4:13–15
13 Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak: (WEB) 14 “O sirs, isn’t the king great, and men are many, and isn’t wine strong? Who is it then who rules them, or has the lordship over them? Aren’t they women? (WEB) 15 Women have given… (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:31–33
31 At this, the king gaped and gazed at her with open mouth. If she smiles at him, he laughs. But if she takes any displeasure at him, he flatters her, that she might be reconciled to him again. (WEB) 32 O sirs, how can it not be that women are strong, seeing they do this… (WEB)
1 Corinthians 11:7–9
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Testament of Judah 3:21–23
21 And indeed I repented of these things; wine and flesh I eat not until my old age, nor did I behold any joy. (T12) 22 And the angel of God showed me that for ever do women bear rule over king and beggar alike. (T12) 23 And from the king they take away his glory, and from the vali… (T12)
Sirach 47:18–20
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Sirach 25:21–23
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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…
Testament of Reuben 2:12–14
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