In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 2:24

But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

Exodus 23:31

I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you. Verse Concepts

Exodus 19:2

And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.

1 Samuel 23:24

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Hannah, the ideal mother

1 Samuel 2:19

And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 1:20

Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Mary of bethany, the woman immortalized by Christ

Luke 10:42

Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her. Verse Concepts

Matthew 26:13

Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Mary magdalene, the transformed woman

Mark 16:1

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, got spices, so that they might come and put them on him. Verse Concepts

Mark 16:9

Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Hagar, the discarded wife

Genesis 21:14-19

And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba. And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree. And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child. read more.
And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God. Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation. Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.

Women » Notable » The shunammite, the hospitable woman

2 Kings 4:8-10

Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal. And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day. So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

Women » Notable » Miriam, the ambitious woman

Numbers 12:1-2

Now Miriam and Aaron said evil against Moses, because of the Cushite woman to whom he was married, for he had taken a Cushite woman as his wife. And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.

Women » Notable » The syrophenician, the woman of faith

Matthew 15:28

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Abigail, the capable woman

1 Samuel 25:3

Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Lydia, the business woman

Acts 16:14-15

And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying. And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.

Women » Notable » Mary, the woman chosen of God

Luke 1:30-38

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval. And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: read more.
He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man? And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God. Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children. For there is nothing which God is not able to do. And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

Women » Notable » Esther, the self-sacrificing woman

Esther 4:16

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Eve, the woman of curiosity

Genesis 3:6

Women » Notable » Martha, the worried housekeeper

Luke 10:40

But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Deborah, the patriotic woman

Judges 4:4

Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Dorcas, the benevolent seamstress

Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Ruth, the woman of constancy

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God. Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » Elisabeth, the humble woman

Luke 1:43

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me? Verse Concepts

Women » Notable » The woman evangelist

John 4:29

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ? Verse Concepts