It was a promise, a promise he made.

Promise?

One last vow

No, promise.

Marriage?

It was made for the devil.

I didn't made a promise.

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Aren't you bound by vows of chastity? Oh, my dear!

I have a vow to fulfill before I can think of anything else.

Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult.

They say that a long nose is a sign of virtue.

how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob

How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob

It's always important to distinguish between chastity and impotence.

They would like banks to be chaste, but not yet.

Low birth weight is one of the strongest predictors of infant mortality.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Not at all. A promise is a promise. If we buy something, we have to pay.

But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

This painting is called The Allegory Of Chastity, but purity's not just about suppressing female sexuality.

With Cupid's arrow, she hath Dian's wit And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,

Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD

He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

'This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation.'

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

For example, Nepal states that it has passed a law banning the practice of deuki, which involves dedicating girls to a god and making them temple prostitutes.

In cultures where girls and women are married off and chastity is central to womanhood, all is lost for a woman who loses her honor.

As a Muslim, I know the Qur an preaches chastity for men and women, but the conservative obsession with women means only females are expected to abide by the prohibition on extramarital sex.

O sister of Aaron , your father was not a wicked person , nor your mother sinful !

O sister of Haroon , neither was your father an evil man nor was your mother of poor conduct !

Sister of Aaron , thy father was not a wicked man , nor was thy mother a woman unchaste . '