Godly Women

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue. — 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 →

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

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.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

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 →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work, — read the full passage →

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — 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;

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; — read the full passage →

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;

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.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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 →

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

She maketh linen garments and selleth them, And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; — read the full passage →

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

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 →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: — read the full passage →

So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. — read the full passage →

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man: — read the full passage →

Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who isthe help of my countenance, and my God.

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve; — read the full passage →

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.