Godly Women

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. — read the full passage →

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an 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 prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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

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

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, — read the full passage →

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, 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 shall help her, and that right early.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: 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, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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

Wives, submit yourselves 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.

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

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or 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 →

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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

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

But continue 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 use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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

And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.

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 the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a 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 none occasion of stumbling in him.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God 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 is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Let not a widow be taken into the number 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 the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all 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 Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, 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 the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto 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 have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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