Thematic Bible: Young
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Woman » Young » Happy
“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and old, together,
For I will turn their mourning into joy
And will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
For how great is God’s goodness and how great is His beauty! And how great [He will make Israel’s] goodliness and [Israel’s] beauty!
Grain and new wine will make the young men and virgins flourish.
Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and this is what he saw: his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
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and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin.
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Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war
The young and the old
Lie on the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, not sparing.
They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
‘Outside the sword will bereave,
And inside [the chambers] terror—
For both young man and virgin,
For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.
Woman » Young » Could not marry without consent of parents
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must [still] pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.
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and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
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But Shechem’s father Hamor went to Jacob to talk with him.
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Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried].”
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And she said to her father, “Let this one thing be done for me; let me alone for two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep over my virginity, I and my companions.”
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The fire [of war] devoured His young men,
And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.
Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive
“The Lord is righteous and just;
For I have rebelled against His commandment (His word).
Hear now, all you peoples,
And look at my pain;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
The young men of Aven or On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and the [women and children] shall go into captivity. At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself and be dark when I break there the yokes and dominion of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall come to an end. As for her, a cloud [of calamities] shall cover her and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Woman » Young » Called » Virgins
The girl was very beautiful, a virgin and unmarried; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
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The roads to Zion are in mourning
Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her virgins are grieved and suffering,
And she suffers bitterly.
Woman » Young » Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colors
She will be brought to the King in embroidered garments;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to You.
Now Tamar was wearing a [long-sleeved] robe of various colors; for that is how the virgin daughters of the king dressed themselves in robes. Then Amnon’s personal servant took her out and bolted the door behind her.
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Woman » Young » Called » Damsels
When He had gone in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping.”
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But Rebekah’s brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days—at least ten; then she may go.”
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Woman » Young » Called » Maids
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
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And when He came to the house, He permitted no one to enter with Him except Peter and John and James, and the girl's father and mother. And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed
If a maiden who is a virgin is engaged to be married, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and shall stone them to death -- "the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor's [promised] wife. So shall you put away evil from among you. But if a man finds the betrothed maiden in the open country and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. read more.
But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin punishable by death, for this is as when a man attacks and slays his neighbor, For he came upon her in the open country, and the betrothed girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin punishable by death, for this is as when a man attacks and slays his neighbor, For he came upon her in the open country, and the betrothed girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed
If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.
Woman » Young » Kind and courteous to strangers
Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
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Woman » Young » Fond » Ornaments
“Can a virgin forget [to wear] her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire [that identifies her as a married woman]?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
Days without number.
Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir
Further, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and has no son, you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
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Woman » Young » Required to learn from and imitate their elders
so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children,
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