48 Bible Verses about Godly Woman

Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.