The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow. Verse Concepts

Zechariah 9:17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the virgins. Verse Concepts

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah arrived at his home in Mizpah surprise! it was his daughter who came out to meet him, playing tambourines and dancing. She was his one and only child. Except for her, he had no other son or daughter. Verse Concepts

Judges 21:21

Watch when the unmarried women from Shiloh come out to participate in the dances. Then come out of the vineyards and each of you grab a wife from the unmarried women from Shiloh. Then go back home to the territory of Benjamin. Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and the aged lie on the ground in the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without pity. Verse Concepts

Lamentations 5:11

They have raped women in Zion, young women in the towns of Judah.

Deuteronomy 32:25

Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man." Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Could not marry without consent of parents

Exodus 22:17

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay an amount equal to the bride price for virgins. Verse Concepts

Genesis 24:3

as a promise to the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you won't acquire a wife for my son from the Canaanite women among whom I'm living. Verse Concepts

Genesis 34:6

Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor arrived to talk to Jacob. Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity

Isaiah 4:1

"At that time, seven women will cling tightly to one man and will make him this offer: "We'll provide our own bread. We'll provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you so we won't be stigmatized anymore.'" Verse Concepts

Judges 11:37

Then she continued talking with her father, "Do this for me: leave me alone by myself for two months. I'll go up to the mountains and cry there because I'll never marry. My friends and I will go." Verse Concepts

Psalm 78:63

The young men were consumed by fire, and the virgins had no marriage celebrations. Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive

Lamentations 1:18

The LORD is in the right, but I rebelled against his commands. Listen, please, all you people, and look at my pain my young men and women have gone into captivity. Verse Concepts

Ezekiel 30:17-18

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will die violently, and their cities will be taken captive. It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity.

Woman » Young » Called » Virgins

Genesis 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, young, and had not had sexual relations with a man. Going down to the spring, she filled her jug and turned for home. Verse Concepts

Lamentations 1:4

The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter. Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colors

Psalm 45:14

In embroidered garments she is presented to the king. Her virgin companions who follow her train will be presented to you. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 13:18

Now she was clothed in a long sleeved, multi-colored ornamental tunic, commonly worn by the king's virgin daughters. When Amnon's servant threw her out and locked the door after her, Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Called » Damsels

Mark 5:39

He entered the house and asked them, "Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn't dead. She's sleeping." Verse Concepts

Genesis 24:55

But her brother and mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days at least ten and after that she may go." Verse Concepts

Woman » Young » Called » Maids

Exodus 2:8

Pharaoh's daughter told her, "Go," so the young girl went and called the child's mother. Verse Concepts

Luke 8:51-52

When he arrived at the man's house, he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the young girl's father and mother. Now everyone was crying and wailing for her. But Jesus said, "Stop crying! She's not dead. She's sleeping."

Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed

Deuteronomy 22:23-27

"If a man meets a young virgin lady in the city who is engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, then the two must be brought to the city gate and there they must be stoned to death the girl because she was in a city but did not cry out for help, and the man who abused a woman who was engaged to another man. By doing this you are to remove this evil from among you. "If a man meets a girl in the country who is engaged to be married and then rapes her, the man alone the one who had sexual relations with her must die. read more.
As for the young lady, don't do anything to her. The young lady did nothing worthy of death. This case is similar to when a man attacks his countryman and kills him. Since he found her in the country, the engaged girl may have cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed

Exodus 22:16-17

"When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, he must pay her bride price, and she is to become his wife. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay an amount equal to the bride price for virgins.