Young Women

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

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

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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 →

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.

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

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

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 →

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

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

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

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

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 →

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.

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. — 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 →

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

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

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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

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;

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

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

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

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. — 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:

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. — read the full passage →

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 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. — read the full passage →

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

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 →

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. — read the full passage →

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

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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 →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — 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. — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

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 →

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. — read the full passage →

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.

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. — read the full passage →

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, — read the full passage →

Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

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.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: — read the full passage →

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. — read the full passage →

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. — read the full passage →

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; — read the full passage →

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; — read the full passage →

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: — read the full passage →

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →