Holy Scripture
1 Esdras 4:23
Source: Septuagint
Original
23Yea, 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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21He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife, and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
22By 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?
— 1 Esdras 4:23 —
24and looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
25Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.