Bible Dictionary: Woman: Young: Not to be Given in Marriage Considered a Calamity

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Judges 11:37
And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains, and mourn my virginity, I and my fellows.
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Psalm 78:63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
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Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
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Library

Tit. 2:06 Thoughts for Young Men
... naturally in the heart of every man and woman alive (Eccles ... Young men, be jealous
on this point. ... let not the example of all around you,"let not the invitation ...
/.../chapter xix tit 2 6 thoughts.htm

The Women of the Gospel Narrative the Study of the Early Christian ...
... so thoroughly for the training of its young in the ... The woman was not allowed to withdraw
from the ... least one of the epistolary writers, did not corroborate the ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/i the women of the.htm

Concerning the Fortitude of Samson, and what Mischiefs He Brought ...
... of Timhath, out of a dread of the young man's strength ... rejoinder: "Nothing is more
deceitful than a woman for such ... performed, and said that this did not come to ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 concerning the fortitude.htm

V. ...
... clergy and laity, male and female, young and old ... eat thy bread;" and to the woman:
"In sorrow ... a spiritual significance throughout, within which is not flesh and ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter iii v .htm

Women who Witnessed the Fall of Rome
... slightingly of her ability; but it could not have been ... were wont to fall to the lot
of woman, even in ... The young princess was invested with this honor and rank ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/vii women who witnessed the.htm

Letter cxxv. To Rusticus.
... The Lord says: "whosoever looketh on a woman to lust ... way and at the expiration of
it the young man was ... Wherefore the same wise man says: "meddle not with them ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxxv to rusticus.htm

Compel them to Come In
... upon his horse in the highway, and the woman trudging about ... Young men, you do not
pray for yourselves, but your ... Does not the apostle say of such an one that he ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/compel them to come in.htm

Croesus.
... the quiet composure and confidence which a woman might be ... remarkable manner; but
the impression was not a pleasant ... The other was a young man of uncommon promise ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter iv croesus.htm

An Exhortation to Theodore after his Fall. Letter I.
... indeed fell and rose again while he was still young; but another ... the way to old age,
afforded I know not how a ... and although he had never seen a woman since he ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/an exhortation to theodore after.htm

Against Jovinianus.
... for the precious life," who causeth the young man's understanding ... to knowledge, giving
honour unto the woman, as unto ... Whose adorning let it not be the outward ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/against jovinianus.htm

Subtopics

Woman

Woman of Distinction: Fair and Graceful

Woman of Distinction: Fond of Dress and Ornaments

Woman of Distinction: Haughty in Their Deportment

Woman of Distinction: Wore Their Hair Plaited and Adorned With Gold and Pearls

Woman of the Poorer Classes Swarthy from Exposure to the Sun

Woman were Required to Hear and Obey the Law

Woman: (At Ease and Careless) of a State of Carnal Security

Woman: (Chaste and Holy) of Saints

Woman: (Delicate) of Backsliding Israel

Woman: (Foolish) of Mere Professors