Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

Her eye shall be evil

General references

Bible References

And delicate

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud
And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes,
And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait
And walk with jingling anklets on their feet,
Lamentations 4:3

Even the jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young].

Her eye shall be evil

Deuteronomy 28:54
The man who is most refined and well-bred among you will be cruel and hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

General references

Matthew 24:19
And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
Mark 13:17
And woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!