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Women
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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 →
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful 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 oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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 →
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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.”
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.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
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 →
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of 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; — read the full passage →
She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. — read the full passage →
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.
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.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
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;
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
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;
For man is not from woman, but woman from man; — read the full passage →
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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 →
She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
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 →
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
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.”
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
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 →
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →
let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. — read the full passage →
Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
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?”
Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. — read the full passage →
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — read the full passage →
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.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
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 →
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →
But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints, — 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 →
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. — read the full passage →
All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your 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 commends his own 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, he made him in God’s likeness. — read the full passage →
There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; — read the full passage →
Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
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