Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial, &c. A Scripture phrase for a wicked person. Thus, when we are unjustly censured, we should endeavour not only to clear ourselves, but to satisfy our brethren, by giving them a just and true account of what they misapprehended.
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1 Samuel 1:16
16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complainth and grief have I spoken hitherto.