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1 Esdras 4:17

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17 Women make the clothes that men wear; women bring honor to men; in fact, without women, men couldn't live.
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15 Women gave birth to the emperor and all the men who rule over land and sea.
16 Women brought them into the world. Women brought up the men who planted the vineyards from which wine comes.
17 Women make the clothes that men wear; women bring honor to men; in fact, without women, men couldn't live.
18 "Men may accumulate silver or gold or other beautiful things, but if they see a woman with a pretty face or a good figure,
19 they will leave it all to gape and stare, and they will desire her more than their wealth.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.