Thematic Bible: Persistence of examples of
Thematic Bible
Women » Persistence of examples of » Piety of
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, 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 spoke to her.
And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among men.”
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
And Mary said:
“My soul exalts the Lord,
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And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord.
But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
Women » Persistence of examples of » The shunammite
The mother of the lad said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” And he arose and followed her.
Women » Persistence of examples of » Delilah
It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.
Women » Persistence of examples of » The syrophenician
Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.