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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look ...

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark ...

I don’t really know how the Biblical references ended up in my email inbox. But there they were: Pure sexism of the worst kind from Proverbs 21. One version read: “It is better to dwell in the ...