15 occurrences

'Strange' in the Bible

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

Verse ConceptsHarlotsSalvation By Other ThingsGodly WomanSexual Purity

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsPersuasionEleganceadultry

For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

Verse ConceptsReputationVigourEthicsLosing Someonedignity

And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

Verse ConceptsForeignersLimitations Of StrengthRelations With ForeignersHard WorkFinancesAliensWomen's Strength

Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsTongueEleganceThe TongueWomen's Beauty

So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

Verse ConceptsPersuasion

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSafetySecurityDebtLosing A FriendLosing FriendsProtecting Your FamilyProtection From Danger

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartFamily ProblemsBitternessGrateful HeartA Broken Heartcancergrieving

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

Verse ConceptsDitchesPitsWellsWivesPits Symbolizing GriefWells, Figurative Usewhores

Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholImagination, Evil SchemingSpectacle

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Verse ConceptsCommendationBraggingCommending OneselfLoving YourselfBeing YourselfBoasting

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

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Foreign (157 instances)
Strange (251 instances)
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Unusual (8 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain