Thematic Bible: Young
Thematic Bible
Woman » Young » Happy
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
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 are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also 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 pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, 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 cities shall go into captivity. At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp 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 damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man 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 feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Woman » Young » Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colors
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Woman » Young » Called » Damsels
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
Woman » Young » Called » Maids
And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, 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 ye shall 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: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 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.
But 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 slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
But 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 slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay 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, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Woman » Young » Fond » Ornaments
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, 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 teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,