Motif
Dangerous guest or stranger causing dispossession
dangerous_guest_or_stranger_causing_dispossession
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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biblical
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus / THE HOLY BIBLE / ECCLESIASTICUS / THE PROLOGUE; lines 1115-1280 confidence: medium
The passage warns not to bring every man into the house; deceitful and proud persons are compared with snares, caged game, a spy, and one lying in wait; one spark makes a great fire, one deceitful man much blood, and a stranger may overthrow with a whirlwind and dispossess.
The passage warns that receiving a stranger may result in being overthrown with a whirlwind and turned out of one's own place.
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