1 Esdras 4:21

21 He stayeth not, to spend his life with his wife, and remembereth neither father nor mother nor country.

1 Esdras 4:21 In-Context

19 And, letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire for her than for silver or gold or any goodly thing whatsoever?
20 A man leaveth his own father who brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
21 He stayeth not, to spend his life with his wife, and remembereth neither father nor mother nor country.
22 By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labor and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
23 "Yea, a man taketh his sword and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers,
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