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while she's a virgin, that she not be seduced and become pregnant while still living at home; when she's married, that she not go straying; or having married, that she not be infertile.
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Keep a strict watch over an unruly daughter so that she doesn't make you an object of ridicule to your enemies, a topic of talk in the city and the assembly of the people, and she shame you before the crowd.
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Don't consider the beauty of any person, and don't spend time among women.
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Moths come out of clothes, and a woman's wickedness comes from a woman.
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A man's wickedness is better than a woman who does good and a disgraced woman who brings shame.
God’s created order
15 Now I'll call to mind the works of the Lord, and I'll tell about what I've seen. The Lord's works came into being by his words.
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The shining sun looked down on everything, and the Lord's work is radiant with his glory.
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The Lord has not allowed his holy ones to describe all of his wonders, which the Lord Almighty established so that the universe would stand firm in his glory.
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He has searched the abyss and the heart, and he took their great achievements into consideration, because the Most High knew everything to be known. He saw the sign of the age,
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explaining what has passed and what will be, and revealing the clues to things that are hidden.
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No thought escaped him, and not a single word was hidden from him.