Honor the Lord With Your Beauty in Midrash Tanchuma Re'eh

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Re'eh 9:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Proverbs 3:9:) "Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce." That is, if you were handsome, do not be unrestrained in sexual matters, so that people will not say: "So-and-so is handsome but is not guarded against sexual immorality." This is on account of (the verse) "Honor the Lord with your substance."

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