48 Bible Verses about Godly Woman

Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.

She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants.

For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard.

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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

A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue.

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing,

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.

Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

He must take a wife who is a virgin.

For Adam was formed first and then Eve.

But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.

But the woman hid the two men and replied, "Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn't know where they came from.

She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come.

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Then she will reply to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too." May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

Princesses are among your honored guests, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.

Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.