Thematic Bible: Young
Thematic Bible
Woman » Young » Happy
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.
Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war
The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
Woman » Young » Could not marry without consent of parents
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling;
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, Our own bread will we eat, and with our own garments will we be clothed; only let us be called by thy name; take away our reproach!
And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."
The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not praised in nuptial song;
Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive
Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these shall go into captivity. And at Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened, when I break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her strength shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Woman » Young » Called » Virgins
And the maiden was very fair in countenance; a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness.
Woman » Young » Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colors
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:
Now she had a vest of many colours upon her; for so were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. And his attendant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Woman » Young » Called » Damsels
And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall go.
Woman » Young » Called » Maids
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the damsel went and called the child's mother.
And when he came to the house he suffered no one to go in but Peter and John and James and the father of the child and the mother. And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed
If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her, then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die; read more.
and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.
and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was no one to save her.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed
And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
Woman » Young » Kind and courteous to strangers
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, sip a little water out of thy pitcher.
Woman » Young » Fond » Ornaments
Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number.
Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir
And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Woman » Young » Required to learn from and imitate their elders
that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,