Thematic Bible: Persistence of examples of
Thematic Bible
Women » Persistence of examples of » Piety of
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Women » Persistence of examples of » The shunammite
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
Women » Persistence of examples of » Delilah
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Women » Persistence of examples of » The syrophenician
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
Women » Persistence of examples of » The widow
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.