Genesis 6:2
2the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.Genesis 12:14-15
14When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.Genesis 29:18-20
18Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, a“I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.” 20So Jacob bserved seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.Genesis 34:3
3And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.Genesis 34:8
8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your ▼▼The Hebrew for your is plural here
daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. Judges 14:2-3
2Then he came up and told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. dNow get her for me as my wife.” 3But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters eof your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the funcircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”Proverbs 6:25
25 gDo not desire her beauty in your heart,and do not let her capture you with her heyelashes;
Proverbs 31:10
The Woman Who Fears the Lord
10 ▼▼Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
jAn excellent wife who can find?She is far more precious than kjewels.
Proverbs 31:30
30 lCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
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