Sunday, March 15, 2009

There are no Jews,Greeks, etc...

Women in biblical times were used by God to display how people in general dealt with enslavement. For instance, Esther was made queen to King Ahseuerus in Persia, who was given to violence and who considered the Jews his slaves. And how did Esther deal with this, and how are we told to deal with the kind of domination that Esther had to deal with? Proverbs 11:16,22 indicate that by being gracious and shining in her personality is the way to regain favor. Proverbs 12:4 indicates that a women with virtue honors her husband. Finally, Proverbs 14:1-22 tells that wise women build their house with knowledge, love, truth, and mercy. Proverbs 19:13 and 14 indicates that the LORD pleases a man with a prudent wife and that foolish women do nothing but ruin a household. Proverbs 21:9-19 and Proverbs 27:15 and 16 indicate that contentious, angry women do nothing but make their household miserable and even bring it into ruin. And this sentiment is reiterated in Proverbs 30:21-23. There are also women that are portrayed as being worse than death because of how they trap and delude others for selfish gain. (Ecclesiastes 7:26-28) Women are also shown as being impudent. (Esther 1:11,12).

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