48 Bible Verses about Godly Woman

Who can find a capable wife?
She is far more precious than jewels.

A house and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

A man who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.

She is more precious than jewels;
nothing you desire compares with her.

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,
but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

She watches over the activities of her household
and is never idle.

She rises while it is still night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her female servants.

For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,

She evaluates a field and buys it;
she plants a vineyard with her earnings.

but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God.

But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

And man was not created for woman, but woman for man.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.

In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.

And if they want to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church meeting.

Then Jesus replied to her, “Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.” And from that moment her daughter was cured.

She rewards him with good, not evil,
all the days of her life.

A woman should learn in silence with full submission.

Her husband is known at the city gates,
where he sits among the elders of the land.

She opens her mouth with wisdom
and loving instruction is on her tongue.

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.

Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

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

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

“He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.

For Adam was created first, then Eve.

But have nothing to do with irreverent and silly myths. Rather, train yourself in godliness,

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

Strength and honor are her clothing,
and she can laugh at the time to come.

Give her the reward of her labor,
and let her works praise her at the city gates.

and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels also’—let her be the woman the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world—how he may please his wife—

Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with a woman.”

Then she said to her husband, “I know that the one who often passes by here is a holy man of God,

Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not leave her husband.

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her as a covering.

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.

For you, wife, how do you know whether you will save your husband? Or you, husband, how do you know whether you will save your wife?

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent.

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.