What Kind of Woman Are You? Part I

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Virtuous Woman
Vs. Foolish Woman
“A virtuous woman  ...  her price is far above rubies” (Prov. 31:1010Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. (Proverbs 31:10)).
“As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman without discretion” (Prov. 11:2222As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. (Proverbs 11:22)).
“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land” (Prov. 31:2323Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. (Proverbs 31:23)).
“Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.  ...  Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised” (Prov. 31:28,3028Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. (Proverbs 31:28)
30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. (Proverbs 31:30)
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“Teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands” (Titus 2:4-54That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. (Titus 2:4‑5)).
“She that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband” (1 Cor. 7:34).
“The strange woman  ...  remove thy way far from her  ...  lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger; and thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed” (Prov. 5:3,8-113For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: (Proverbs 5:3)
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger; 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, (Proverbs 5:8‑11)
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“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman” (Prov. 21:1919It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. (Proverbs 21:19)).