Womanhood

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

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

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

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

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

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;

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

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

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.

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. — read the full passage →

For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

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 →

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.

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

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

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.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; — read the full passage →

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

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. — read the full passage →

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

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

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

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →

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

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. — read the full passage →

And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

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. — read the full passage →

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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 →

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. — read the full passage →

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

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: — read the full passage →

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

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

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →