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while a virgin, lest she be defiled or become pregnant in her father's house; or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful, or, though married, lest she be barren.
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Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and put you to shame before the great multitude.
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Do not look upon any one for beauty, and do not sit in the midst of women;
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for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman's wickedness.
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Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; and it is a woman who brings shame and disgrace.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.