Women

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 →

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

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

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 →

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

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.

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.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. — 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; — read the full passage →

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

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

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

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

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of 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; — read the full passage →

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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;

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

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

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;

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

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 →

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

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

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 →

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

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.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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 →

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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

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.

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

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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

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.

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

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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?

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: — read the full passage →

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. — read the full passage →

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

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — 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; — read the full passage →

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. — 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 →

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey. — read the full passage →

And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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 →

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; — read the full passage →

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.