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Women in Proverbs

  1. God warns us about the dangers of "strange women." Strange men are OK though. 2:16-19

  2. The feet of strange women "go down to death," and "her steps take hold on hell." 5:3-5

  3. Watch out for those evil, strange, and whorish women. 6:24-26

  4. A woman that seduces a man is evil -- the man is just an innocent victim. 7:5-27

  5. We are warned again about "foolish women" who are "simple" and "knoweth nothing," who drag their guests into "the depths of hell." 9:13-18

  6. A fair woman without discretion is like a golden jewel in a pig's snout. 11:22

  7. Avoid living with "brawling" women. 21:9, 25:24

  8. Try not to live with "contentious" or "angry" women. 21:19

  9. "Strange women" have "deep pits" for mouths into which fall those whom God hates. 22:14

  10. "Whores" and "strange women" lie around waiting to trap innocent men. 23:27-28

  11. Don't even look at any "strange women." If you do, you will utter perverse things. 23:33

  12. "Contentious women" are like "a continual dropping on a very rainy day." There are no contentious men. Well, maybe there are a few, but they are like sunny spring days. 27:15

  13. Adulterous women eat, wipe their mouths, and say "what a good girl am I." 30:20

  14. One of the four things that the earth cannot bear is: an odious woman when she is married." 30:21, 23

  15. Don't give your strength to women. 31:3

  16. "Who can find a virtuous woman?" Virtuous men are much more common. 31:10