Womanhood

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — 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 arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

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

A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

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

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

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

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”

At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”

And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. — read the full passage →

She said, “I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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

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

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. — read the full passage →

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience; — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Therefore “‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. — read the full passage →

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

and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are: — read the full passage →

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.”

Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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

For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” — read the full passage →

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

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

and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.” — read the full passage →

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →