What about the "brawling woman"?  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Proverbs 21:9

Seriously, someone can be far from being the "virtuous woman" and at the same time not be a "strange woman" at all;  just exceedingly hard to live with.

There are definitely more than two types of women. This is the kind of limited pastoral print I was raised under and one reason so many people no longer trust preachers. These pigeon holed type casts don't serve Christians well in my opinion. 

11 hours ago, heartstrings said:

What about the "brawling woman"?  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Proverbs 21:9

 

Seriously, someone can be far from being the "virtuous woman" and at the same time not be a "strange woman" at all;  just exceedingly hard to live with.

10 hours ago, BrotherTony said:

There are definitely more than two types of women. This is the kind of limited pastoral print I was raised under and one reason so many people no longer trust preachers. These pigeon holed type casts don't serve Christians well in my opinion. 

Proverbs is literally about using duality and cuplits to make clear points for edification. Be carful you arent so critical towards me (I don't mind) that what you are criticizing is the practice of the scripture itself!

On 7/3/2023 at 10:36 PM, John Young said:

 

Proverbs is literally about using duality and cuplits to make clear points for edification. Be carful you arent so critical towards me (I don't mind) that what you are criticizing is the practice of the scripture itself!

Not really being "critical" of you personally... you're correct in saying it's duality... let's be clear... it's a book of many comparisons, not absolutes... only these two types. There are many preachers I'm aware of who present it as such. As I stated, I grew up under such a pastor. I don't believe that is what you are trying to do here. I just want to make sure there's a clarification for anyone else who sees this on this site.