Thematic Bible: Young
Thematic Bible
Woman » Young » Happy
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the 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! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war
The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, [and] not pitied.
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man.
Woman » Young » Could not marry without consent of parents
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive
Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see 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 withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Woman » Young » Called » Virgins
The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, 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 do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
Woman » Young » Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colors
She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Woman » Young » Called » Damsels
When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."
Woman » Young » Called » Maids
When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed
If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die: read more.
but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was none to save her.
but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was none to save her.
Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed
"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Woman » Young » Kind and courteous to strangers
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
Woman » Young » Fond » Ornaments
"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.