50 Bible Verses about woman

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John 4:7

A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.

Deuteronomy 21:11

And thou sawest in the captivity a woman of beautiful form, and thou didst delight in her, and thou didst take her to thee for a wife;

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women be silent in the churches: for it has not been committed to them to speak; but to be subjected, as also says the law.

Proverbs 9:13

A woman of folly being noisy, simple, and she knew not anything.

Luke 15:8

Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, lights not a lamp, and sweeps the house, and seeks diligently till she should find?

Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed down the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah will answer and say, No, my lord, I a woman hard of spirit, and wine and strong drink I drank not, and I will pour out my soul before Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 22:5

The equipment of a man shall not be upon a woman, and a man shall not put on a woman's garment, for all doing these things are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if the woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: and if shameful to the woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

Isaiah 3:17

And Jehovah made bald the crown of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah opened the redundance.

Proverbs 7:10

And behold, a woman to his meeting, the attire of a harlot, and hidden of heart

Jeremiah 31:22

How long wilt thou wander about, O daughter turning away? for Jehovah created a new thing in the earth: A female shall go about a male.

From Thematic Bible


Woman » The subjection of

1 Corinthians 14:34

Let your women be silent in the churches: for it has not been committed to them to speak; but to be subjected, as also says the law.

Woman » Creation and temptation of

1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, was in the transgression.

Genesis 3:13

And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.

More verses: Genesis 1:27 Genesis 2:22

Woman » Often engaged in » Drawing and carrying water

Genesis 24:11

And he will make his camels to kneel down without the city by the well of waters, at the time of evening, of the going forth to draw water.

Genesis 24:13

Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water.

John 4:7

A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.

1 Samuel 9:11

They going up in the ascent of the city and they found girls going forth to draw water, and they will say to them, Is he seeing, here?

Genesis 24:15-16

And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder. And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.

Woman » Of distinction » Fair and graceful

Genesis 24:16

And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.

Genesis 12:11

And it shall be when he came near to go to Egypt, he will say to Sarai his wife, Behold, now I knew that thou wert a fair woman to see.

Amos 8:13

In that day the fair virgins shall faint, and the young men, for thirst.

Song of Songs 1:8

If thou shalt not know for thyself, O fair one among women, come forth for thyself at the heels of the flock, and feed thy kids by the shepherds' tents.

Woman » Young » Happy

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old men together: and I turned their mourning to joy, and I comforted them and caused them to rejoice from their sorrow.

Zechariah 9:17

For what his good, and what his beauty! Grain shall cause the young men to increase, and new wine the virgins.

Judges 11:34

And Jephthah will come to Mizpeh to his house, and behold, his daughter will come forth to his meeting with drums and with lutes: and she the only begotten; not to him beside her, son nor daughter.

Judges 21:21

And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh shall come forth to dance in dances, and come ye out from the vineyards and catch for yourselves each his wife from the daughters of Shiloh) and go to the land of Benjamin.

Woman » Often treated with great cruelty in war

2 Kings 8:12

And Hamel will say, Wherefore weeps my lord? and he will say, Because I knew that thou wilt do to the sons of Israel evil: their fortifications thou wilt send forth into fire, and their chosen thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash in pieces their children, and the pregnant thou wilt cleave asunder.

Ezekiel 9:6

The old man, the young man, and the virgin, and little ones, and women, ye shall slay to destruction: and every man which upon him the mark, ye shall not touch; and ye shall begin from my holy place. And they will begin upon the old men which are before the house

Lamentations 5:11

They humbled the women in Zion the virgins in the cities of Judah.

Woman » Characterized as » Timid

Jeremiah 50:37

A sword against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the mixture which is in her midst; and they were for women: a sword against her treasures, and they were plundered.

Isaiah 19:16

In that day Egypt shall be as women; and it trembled and was afraid from the face of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of armies which he shook over it

Jeremiah 51:30

The strong ones of Babel ceased to fight; they dwelt in fastnesses; their strength failed; they were for women: they burned her dwellings; her bars were broken.

Nahum 3:13

Behold, thy people women in the midst of thee: the gates of thy land being opened were opened to thine enemies: a fire devoured thy bars.

Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints

Song of Songs 1:3

To the odor of the good ointments thy name shall be poured forth an ointment; for this, the maidens loved thee.

Revelation 14:4

There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.

Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war

Lamentations 2:21

The youth and old man lay down upon the earth of the streets; my virgins and my young men fell by the sword; thou didst slay in the day of thine anger; thou didst slay, thou didst not pity.

Lamentations 5:11

They humbled the women in Zion the virgins in the cities of Judah.

Deuteronomy 32:25

The sword shall bereave without, And terror from the chambers, Also the youth, also the virgin, The suckling, with the man of gray hair.

Woman » Generally lived in a separated apartment or tent

Esther 2:11

And in every day and day, Mordecai going about before the enclosure of the house of the women, to know the peace of Esther, and what will be done with her.

Genesis 24:67

And Isaak will come into Sarah's his mother's tent, and will take Rebekah and she will be to him for a wife; and he will love her: and Isaak will be comforted after that for his mother.

Esther 2:9

And the maiden will be good in his eyes, and she will receive mercy before him; and he will hasten her purifications, and to give her portion to her, and to give to her seven chosen maidens from the house of the king: and he will change her and her maidens for good to the house of the women.

Genesis 18:9

And they will say to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? and he will say, Behold, in the tent.

Woman » Deceived by satan

1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, was in the transgression.

Genesis 3:1-6

And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman will say to the serpent, From the fruit of the tree of the garden we shall eat And from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat from it, and ye shall not touch upon it, lest ye shall die. read more.
And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die. For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat

Woman » Frequently » Active in instigating to iniquity

1 Kings 21:25

Only there was not as Ahab who was sold to do evil in the eves of Jehovah, whom Jezebel stimulated him.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin concerning these? and in many nations was there not a king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God will give him king over all Israel: also him did women strangers cause to sin.

Numbers 31:15-16

And Moses will say to them, Preserved ye alive every female? Behold, they were to the sons of Israel by the word of Balaam for separating treacherously against Jehovah, concerning the word of Peor; and there will be a smiting in the assembly of Jehovah.

Woman » Illustrative » (gloriously arrayed,) of the church of Christ

Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons are gathering up woods, and the fathers kindling the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out libations to other gods, to irritate me.

Ezekiel 13:23

For this, ye shall not see falsehood, and ye shall no more divine a divination: and I delivered my people from your hand: and ye knew that I am Jehovah.

Ezekiel 13:17

And thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people prophesying from their heart, and prophesy thou against them.

Woman » Virtuous, held in high estimation

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, thou shalt not fear; all which thou shalt say, I will do to thee: for all the gate of my people will know that thou art a woman of power.

Woman » Young » Could not marry without consent of parents

Exodus 22:17

If her father refusing shall refuse to give her to him, he shall weigh the silver according to the dowry of virgins.

Genesis 24:3

And I will cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife to my son, from the daughters of the Canaanites in the midst of whom I shall dwell.

Genesis 34:6

And Hamor the father of Shechem will go forth to Jacob to speak to him.

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

Isaiah 4:1

And seven women shall lay hold upon one man in that day, saying, We will eat our bread, and we will be clothed with our garments: only thy name shall be called upon us to take away our reproach.

Judges 11:37

And she will say to her father, This word shall be done to me: desist from me two months, and I will go, and go down upon the mountains, and I will lament over my virginity, I and my friends.

Woman » Young » Often » Taken captive

Lamentations 1:18

Jehovah he is just: for I embittered his mouth: hear now, all ye peoples, and see my pain: my virgins and my chosen ones went into captivity.

Ezekiel 30:17-18

The young men of Aven and Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these shall go into captivity. And in Tahhapanes the day was darkened in my breaking there the rods of Egypt: and the pride of her strength ceased in her: she, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Woman » Illustrative » (lewd,) of the roman apostacy

Revelation 17:18

And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, having kingdom over the kings of the earth.

Revelation 17:4

And the woman surrounded with purple and scarlet, and covered with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurity of her harlotry:

Woman » Frequently » Subtle and deceitful

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find bitter above death the woman that her heart it is snares and nets, her hands are bonds: the good one before God shall escape from her, and he sinning shall be taken by her.

Proverbs 7:10

And behold, a woman to his meeting, the attire of a harlot, and hidden of heart

Woman » Considered a valuable booty in war

Deuteronomy 20:14

Only the women and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city, all its spoil thou shalt plunder to thyself: and eat thou the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.

1 Samuel 30:2

And they will take the women captive who are in it: from small and even to great they slew not a man, and they will lead away and go to their way.

Woman » Characterized as » Tender and constant to her offspring

Lamentations 4:10

The hands of compassionate women boiled their children: they were for food to them in the breaking of the daughter of my people.

Woman » Young » Called » Virgins

Genesis 24:16

And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up.

Lamentations 1:4

The ways of Zion mourn from none coming to the appointment: all her gates being desolated: her priests groaning, her virgins grieved, and it is bitterness to her.

Woman » Often engaged in » Agriculture

Ruth 2:8

And Boaz will say to Ruth, Heardest thou not, my daughter? Thou shalt not go to gather in another field, and also thou shalt not pass away from this; and here thou. shalt adhere with my maidens:

Song of Songs 1:6

Thou shalt not see me, I am black; the sun searched me: my mother's sons were angry with me; they set me to watch the vineyards; my vineyard I watched not for me.

Woman » Often engaged in » Attending funerals as mourners

Jeremiah 9:17

Thus said Jehovah of armies, Give heed, and call ye for the wailing women, and they shall come forth; and send ye to the wise women, and they shall come forth.

Jeremiah 9:20

For hear, ye women, the word of Jehovah, and your ear shall receive the word of his mouth, and teach ye your daughters lamentation, and a woman her neighbor, the song of mourning.

Woman » Often engaged in » Domestic employments

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham will hasten to the tent to Sarah, and will say, Hasten thou measures of the finest flour; knead and make cakes.

Woman » Illustrative » (wise,) of saints

Matthew 25:4

And the discerning took oil in their vessels with their lanterns.

Matthew 25:1-2

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom. And five of them were discerning, and five foolish.

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

Psalm 45:14

With variegation she shall be brought to the King; the virgins after her, her companions, being brought to thee.

2 Samuel 13:18

And upon her a tunic reaching to the soles of the feet; for thus will the king's daughters, the virgins, be clothed with upper garments. And his attendant will bring her forth without, and he fastened the door after

Woman » Originally made » To be an helpmeet for man

Genesis 2:20

And the man will call the names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every living thing of the field; but to the man was not found a help as before him.

Woman » Of distinction » Wore their hair plaited and adorned with gold and pearls

Isaiah 3:24

And it was instead of a sweet smell there shall be rottenness, and instead of a girdle, a rope, and instead of turned work, baldness, and instead of a variegated garment, a girding of sackcloth a brand instead of beauty.

Woman » Submissive and respectful to husbands

Genesis 18:12

And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.

Woman » Often engaged in » Tending sheep

Exodus 2:16

And to the priest of Midian, seven daughters: and they will come and will draw and fill the watering troughs to water the sheep of their father.

Genesis 29:9

He yet speaking to them, and Rachel came with the sheep were to her father; for she fed them.

Woman » Often engaged in » Grinding corn

Luke 17:35

Two females shall be grinding together; one shall be taken, and the other let go.

Woman » Illustrative » (at ease and careless,) of a state of carnal security

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye careless women; hear my voice, ye confident daughters; give ear to my word.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, ye careless be disturbed, ye, confident: strip and be naked, gird upon the loins.

Woman » Had a court of the tabernacle assigned to them

Exodus 38:8

And he will make the wash-basin of brass, and its foot of brass, in the sight of those coming who came to the door of the tent of appointment

Woman » Salvation promised through the seed of

Woman » Young » Called » Damsels

Mark 5:39

And having time in, he says to them, Why make ye an uproar, and weep? the young child is not dead, but sleeps.

Genesis 24:55

And her brother will say, and her mother, The girl shall remain with us, perhaps ten days; after that she shall go.

Woman » Young » Called » Maids

Exodus 2:8

And Pharaoh's daughter will say to her, Go. And she will go and call the child's mother.

Luke 8:51-52

And having come into the house, he suffered not any to come in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the child. And all wept, and bewailed her: and he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeping.

Woman » Of the poorer classes swarthy from exposure to the sun

Song of Songs 1:5-6

I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Thou shalt not see me, I am black; the sun searched me: my mother's sons were angry with me; they set me to watch the vineyards; my vineyard I watched not for me.

Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing, when betrothed

Deuteronomy 22:23-27

When there shall be a maiden, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man found her in the city and lay with her; And ye brought out them two to the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they died; and the maiden for the word which she cried not in the city, and the man for the word which he humbled his neighbor's wife: and thou didst put away evil from the midst of thee. And if in the field the man shall find the betrothed maiden, and the man held fast upon her, and lay with her, and the man that lay with her died alone. read more.
And to the maiden thou shalt not do a word; not to the maiden the sin of death: for as a man shall rise up against his friend, and he killed him the soul, so this word. For in the field he found her, the betrothed maiden cried and none saving her.

Woman » Allowed to join in the temple-music from the time of david

1 Chronicles 25:5-6

All these the sons to Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God will give to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. All these upon the hands of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the service of the house of God, upon the hands of the king, Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman.

Woman » To wear her hair long as a covering

Woman » Originally made » To be the glory of man

Woman » Originally made » Subordinate to man

Woman » Originally made » For man

Woman » Often engaged in » Spinning

Proverbs 31:13-14

She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands. She was as the ships of the merchant; from far off she will bring her bread.

Woman » Good and virtuous, described

Proverbs 31:10-28

Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls. The heart of her husband trusted in her, and he shall not want spoil. She rewarded him good and not evil all the days of her life. read more.
She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands. She was as the ships of the merchant; from far off she will bring her bread. She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls. She purposed a field, and he will take it: from the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard. She girded her loins with strength, and she will strengthen her arms. She tasted that her traffic is good: her light will not go out by night She sent forth her hands upon the spindle, and her hands take hold of the whirl. She spread forth her hands to the poor, and sent forth her hands to the needy. She will not fear for her house from snow, for all her house put on double. She made for herself coverings; byssus and purple her clothing. Her husband was known in the gates, in his sitting with the old men of the land. She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite. Strength and ornament her clothing; and she will laugh to the last day. She opened her mouth in wisdom, and the law of mercy upon her tongue. She viewed the goings of her house, and the bread of sloth she will not eat Her sons rose up and they will call her happy; her husband, and he will praise her.

Woman » Often engaged in » Celebrating the victories of the nation

Exodus 15:20-21

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, will take the drum in her hand; and all the women will go forth after her, with drums and with lutes. And Miriam will sing to them, Sing ye to Jehovah; for being lifted up, he was lifted up: the horse and his horseman he threw into the sea.

Woman » Originally made » From one of adam's ribs

Genesis 2:21-22

And Jehovah God will cause to fall a deep sleep upon the man, and he will sleep; and he will take one of his ribs and will close up the flesh underneath it And Jehovah God will build the rib which he took from the man, into a woman, and will bring her to the man.

Woman » Young » Punishment for seducing when not betrothed

Exodus 22:16-17

If a man shall seduce a virgin who was not betrothed, and lying with her, endowing, he shall endow her to him for a wife. If her father refusing shall refuse to give her to him, he shall weigh the silver according to the dowry of virgins.

Woman » Unfaithfulness of, when married found out by the waters of jealousy

Numbers 5:14-28

And the spirit of jealousy passed upon him, and he was jealous of his wife, and she was defiled: or the spirit of jealousy passed upon him, and he was jealous of his wife, and she was not defiled: And the man brought forth his wife to the priest, and brought her offering for her, the tenth of an ephah of flour of barley; he shall not pour oil upon it, and he shall not give frankincense upon it, for it the gift of jealousy, the gift of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance. And the priest brought her near, and made her stand before Jehovah. read more.
And the priest took holy waters in a vessel of earthen, and from the dust which shall be upon the bottom of the dwelling, the priest shall take and he gave into the water. And the priest made the woman stand before Jehovah, and uncovered the head of the woman, and gave upon her hands the gift of remembrance, this is the gift of jealousy: and in the hand of the priest shall be to him the waters of contradiction, causing the curse. And the priest bound her by an oath, and said to the woman, If a man lay not with thee, and thou didst not turn aside to be defiled instead of thy husband, be thou unpunished from the water of contradiction, causing the curse. And if thou didst turn aside instead of thy husband, and if thou wert defiled, and a man gave with thee his bed besides thy husband; And the priest bound the woman by an oath in these curses, and the priest said to the woman, Jehovah will give thee for a curse, and for an oath in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to go forth. And the waters causing the curse shall come into thy bowels, and cause thy belly to come forth, and thy thigh to fall. And the woman said, Amen, amen. And the priest wrote these curses in a book, and he wiped off into the water of contradiction. And he caused the woman to drink the water of contradiction causing the curse; and the waters causing the curse shall come into her for contradiction. And the priest took out of the hand of the woman the gift of jealousy, and lifted up the gift before Jehovah and brought it to the altar. And the priest took with the hand from the gift its remembrance, and burnt upon the altar, and afterward he shall cause the woman to drink the water. And he caused her to drink the water, and it was if she was defiled and she shall cover the transgression against her husband, and the waters causing the curse came into her for contradiction, and her belly came forth, and her thigh fell, and the woman was for a curse in the midst of her people. And if the woman was not defiled and she was clean, and she was unpunished, and conceived seed.

Woman » Punishment for injuring, when with child

Exodus 21:22-25

And if men shall quarrel and strike a woman pregnant, and her child shall go forth, and there shall not be harm, punishing, he shall be punished, as the husband of the woman shall put upon him; and he giving in justice. And if there shall be harm, and he gave soul for soul, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, read more.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Woman » Often engaged in » Embroidery

Proverbs 31:22

She made for herself coverings; byssus and purple her clothing.

Woman » Of distinction » Fond of dress and ornaments

Isaiah 3:17-23

And Jehovah made bald the crown of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah opened the redundance. In that day Jehovah will turn away the ornament of the ankle bands, and the inter-weavings, and the crescents, The drops, and the chains, and the veils, read more.
The head-dresses and the step chains, and the girdles, and the houses of the soul, and the amulets. The signet rings and the rings of the nose. The costly garments and the cloaks, and the mantles, and the caskets. The mirrors and the shirts and the turbans and the veils.

Woman » Illustrative » (foolish,) of mere professors

Matthew 25:1-3

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom. And five of them were discerning, and five foolish. Those foolish having taken their lanterns, took no oil with them.

Woman » Frequently » Fond of self-indulgence

Isaiah 32:9-11

Rise up, ye careless women; hear my voice, ye confident daughters; give ear to my word. Days over a year shall ye being confident, be disturbed; for the vintage being finished, the ingathering shall not come. Tremble, ye careless be disturbed, ye, confident: strip and be naked, gird upon the loins.

Woman » Safety in childbirth promised to the faithful and holy

1 Timothy 2:15

And she shall be saved through the bringing forth children, if they remain in faith and love and consecration with discretion.

Woman » Vows of, when married not binding upon the husband

Numbers 30:6-8

And if being she shall be to a husband, and her vows upon her, or the babbling of her lips which she bound upon her soul: And her husband heard in the day of his hearing, and was silent to her: and her vows stood, and the binding which she bound upon her soul shall stand. And if in the day her husband heard he shall refuse her, and he annulled her vows which were upon her, and the babbling of her lips which she bound upon her soul, and Jehovah will forgive her.

Woman » Rights of

Numbers 27:1-8

And there will come near the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, for the families of Manesseh, son of Joseph: and these the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. And they will stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs, and all the assembly at the door of the tent of appointment, saying, Our father died in the desert, and he was not in the midst of the assembly of them being gathered together against Jehovah, in the assembly of Korah; for he died in his sin, and there were no sons to him. read more.
Wherefore shall the name of our father be taken away from the midst of his family because there is not to him a son? Thou shalt give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father. And Moses will bring near their judgment before Jehovah. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying. The daughters of Zelophehad spake rightly: giving, thou shalt give to them the possession of an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass over to them. And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, A man when he shall die, and no son to him, and cause ye his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

Woman » Characterized as » Loving and affectionate

2 Samuel 1:26

Distress to me for thee, my brother Jonathan: thou wert sweet to me exceedingly: thy love to me was wonderful above the love of women.

Woman » Frequently » Silly and easily led into error

2 Timothy 3:6

For of these are they going into houses, and taking captive little women heaped up with sins, led away with various eager desires,

Woman » Young » Kind and courteous to strangers

Genesis 24:17

And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket

Woman » Young » Fond » Ornaments

Woman » Generally wore a vail in the presence of the other sex

Genesis 24:65

And she will say to the servant, Who this man going in the field to meet us? And the servant will say, He is my lord: and she will take a covering and cover herself.

Woman » Originally made » By God in his own image

Woman » Illustrative » (delicate,) of backsliding israel

Jeremiah 6:2

I likened the daughter of Zion to her becoming and delicate

Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir

Numbers 27:8

And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, A man when he shall die, and no son to him, and cause ye his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

Woman » Origin and cause of the name

Woman » Curse pronounced on

Woman » Characterized as » Weaker than man

Woman » Of distinction » Haughty in their deportment

Isaiah 3:16

And Jehovah will say, Because the daughters of Zion were lifted up, and they will go extending the neck and ogling their eyes, going and tripping their going, and binding back their feet:

Woman » Illustrative » (forsaken,) of israel in her captivity

Isaiah 54:6

As a wife forsaken and grieved of spirit Jehovah called thee, and a wife of youth; for thou shalt be rejected, said thy God.

Woman » Led man to disobey God

Woman » To be governed by, considered a calamity by the jews

Woman » To be slain by, considered a great disgrace

Judges 9:54

And he will call quickly to the youth lifting up his weapons, and he will say to him, Draw thy sword and put me to death, lest they shall say of me, A woman killed him. And his youth will thrust him through and he will die.

Woman » Were required to hear and obey the law

Joshua 8:35

There was not a word from all that Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the gathering of Israel, and the women and the little ones and the stranger going in the midst of them.

Woman » Young » Required to learn from and imitate their elders

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A Broken Woman

1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah will answer and say, No, my lord, I a woman hard of spirit, and wine and strong drink I drank not, and I will pour out my soul before Jehovah.

Contentious Woman

Judges 16:19

And she will cause him to sleep upon her knees; and she will call to a man, and she will shave the seven braids of his head; and she will begin to humble him, and his strength will remove from him.

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