39 Bible Verses about Women's Roles

For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

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

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

For if a woman is not veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

to be'sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?

She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: Her lamp goeth not out by night.

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine'showing uncorruptness, gravity,

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit , six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

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

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.