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they let all those things go, and gape at her, and with open mouths stare at her, and all prefer her to gold or silver or any other beautiful thing.
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Women make men's clothes; they bring men glory; men cannot exist without women.
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If men gather gold and silver or any other beautiful thing, and then see a woman lovely in appearance and beauty,
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they let all those things go, and gape at her, and with open mouths stare at her, and all prefer her to gold or silver or any other beautiful thing.
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A man leaves his own father, who brought him up, and his own country, and clings to his wife.
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With his wife he ends his days, with no thought of his father or his mother or his country.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.