48 Bible Verses about Godly Woman

A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth [is] far more than precious jewels.

A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

He who finds a wife finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

She is more precious than rubies, and all your desires shall not compare with her.

What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these.

Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.

And she arises while [it is] still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls.

For in the [same] way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves [by] being subject to their own husbands,

She considers a field and buys it, from the fruit of {her hand} she plants a vineyard.

but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the 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 [the] head of Christ [is] God.

Nevertheless, neither [is] woman [anything] apart from man, nor [is] man [anything] apart from woman in the Lord.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,

A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.

A woman must learn in quietness with all submission.

Her husband is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness [is] upon her tongue.

and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.

[in order] to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] flatters [with] her sayings,

Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

The {wisest of women} builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.

" 'And he himself must take a wife in her virginity.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

But reject those {worthless myths told by elderly women}, and train yourself for godliness.

But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they [were] from.

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs {at the future}.

Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.

let her say to me, "Drink; I will also draw water for your camels," she [is] the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for the son of my master.'

But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,

Now concerning [the things] about which you wrote: "[It is] good for a man not to touch a woman."

She said to her husband, "Please now, I know that he [is] a holy man of God who is passing {our way} regularly;

And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.

But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given for a covering.

{Did not one God make them?} But a remnant of [the] spirit is his. And what does the one [God] desire? An offspring of God. {You must be attentive to} your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Kings' daughters [are] among your noble ladies. The queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.

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

But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}.

A certain woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. Now you know that your servant was a fearer of Yahweh, but the creditor came to take two of my children for himself as slaves.

[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.