Young Women

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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 →

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.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

Ruth said, “Don’t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; — read the full passage →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

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

The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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 →

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.

“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

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

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” — 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 →

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

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

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, 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, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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

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;

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

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

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved

The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

So, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, Esther was taken into 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 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.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The maiden went and called the child’s mother.

Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it. — read the full passage →

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

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 →

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. — read the full passage →

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

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue. — read the full passage →

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

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 →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

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 →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. — read the full passage →

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

Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, 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 →

youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, — read the full passage →

Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

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.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come: — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come: — read the full passage →

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” — read the full passage →

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

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

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

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”

“Many women do noble things, but you excel 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 you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; — read the full passage →

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; — read the full passage →

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

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →