Topic
Evil Women
100 verses · ranked by helpfulness
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not.
For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.
So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; — read the full passage →
The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. — read the full passage →
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars: — read the full passage →
that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →
But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrathbringeththe punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
and upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; — read the full passage →
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: — read the full passage →
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.
Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward. — read the full passage →
Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. — read the full passage →
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
abstain from every form of evil.
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, — read the full passage →
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land — read the full passage →
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →
Servants, bein subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
—ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.