50 Bible Verses about woman
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For also the man was not created through the woman; but the woman through the man.
For as the woman by the man, so also the man by the woman; and all things of God.
But neither the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.
Which yet my soul sought, and found not; one man from a thousand I found; and a woman in all these I found not
And I will you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman the man; and the head of Christ God.
And if they will learn anything, let them ask their own husbands in the house; for it is shameful for women to speak in the church.
And if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for the hair has been given her for a cloak.
She purposed a field, and he will take it: from the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard.
A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
Therefore in the rising up whose of the seven shall the woman be? for they all had her.
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;
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.
And I trust not the woman to teach, neither to exercise authority over the man, but to be in freedom from care.
And of what ye wrote to me: good for a man not to touch a woman.
And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.
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?
Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
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.
Many daughters did virtue, and thou wentest up over all of them.
And with a male thou shalt not lie on a woman's bed: it is abomination.
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.
My people, their tyrants from children, and women ruled over them. My people, they calling thee happy, causing to err; they destroyed the way of thy paths.
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.
And with us were seven brethren: and the first, having married, died; and having no seed, he left his wife to his brother.
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.
And Jehovah made bald the crown of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah opened the redundance.
Good to dwell in the land of the desert rather than with a woman of contentions and anger.
The wife and virgin have been divided. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, that she might be holy also in body and spirit: and she married cares for the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.
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
To the woman he said, Multiplying, I will multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and to thy husband thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.
And I will you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman the man; and the head of Christ God.
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.
Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Likewise, wives being subject to their own husbands; that also, if any believe not the word, by the turning back of wives might be gained without the word;
Woman » Creation and temptation of
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
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, was in the transgression.
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 I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.
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.
Woman » Often engaged in » Drawing and carrying water
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.
Behold, I stand at the fountain of waters, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water.
A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
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?
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
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.
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.
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
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.
For what his good, and what his beauty! Grain shall cause the young men to increase, and new wine the virgins.
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.
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
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.
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
Shomeron shall be guilty, for she rebelled against her God: by the sword shall they fall: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and they having conceived shall be cleft asunder.
Woman » Characterized as » Timid
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.
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
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.
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
To the odor of the good ointments thy name shall be poured forth an ointment; for this, the maidens loved thee.
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.
For I am zealous of you with the zeal of God: for I fitted you to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ.
Woman » Young » Often treated with great cruelty in war
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
And they will say to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? and he will say, Behold, in the tent.
Woman » Deceived by satan
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, was in the transgression.
And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.
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
Only there was not as Ahab who was sold to do evil in the eves of Jehovah, whom Jezebel stimulated him.
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.
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
And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman surrounded by the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
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.
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.
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
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
If her father refusing shall refuse to give her to him, he shall weigh the silver according to the dowry of virgins.
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.
Woman » Young » Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
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.
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
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.
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
And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, having kingdom over the kings of the earth.
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
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.
Woman » Considered a valuable booty in war
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.
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
Shall a woman forget her child, from pitying the son of her womb? also these shall forget, and I shall not forget thee.
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
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.
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
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:
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
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.
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
And Abraham will hasten to the tent to Sarah, and will say, Hasten thou measures of the finest flour; knead and make cakes.
She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls.
Woman » Illustrative » (wise,) of saints
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
With variegation she shall be brought to the King; the virgins after her, her companions, being brought to thee.
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
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.
And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.
Woman » Of distinction » Wore their hair plaited and adorned with gold and pearls
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.
And likewise the women in well-arranged simplicity, with modesty and discretion, arrange themselves; not in tresses, or gold, or pearls, or expensive clothing;
Woman » Submissive and respectful to husbands
And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.
(As Sara listened to Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are,) doing good, and not fearing any terror.
Woman » Often engaged in » Tending sheep
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.
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
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
Rise up, ye careless women; hear my voice, ye confident daughters; give ear to my word.
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
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
And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel.
For this, Jehovah he will give to you a sign Behold, the virgin conceiving, and she will bare a son, and call his name Immanuel.
Woman » Young » Called » Damsels
And having time in, he says to them, Why make ye an uproar, and weep? the young child is not dead, but sleeps.
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
And Pharaoh's daughter will say to her, Go. And she will go and call the child's mother.
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
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
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
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
And if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for the hair has been given her for a cloak.
Woman » Originally made » To be the glory of man
For truly the man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God: and the woman is the glory of the man.
Woman » Originally made » Subordinate to man
And I will you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman the man; and the head of Christ God.
Woman » Originally made » For man
For also the man was not created through the woman; but the woman through the man.
Woman » Often engaged in » Spinning
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Woman » Of distinction » Fond of dress and ornaments
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Will a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her girdles? and my people forgat me days of no numbering.
Woman » Generally wore a vail in the presence of the other sex
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
And God will form man in his image, in the image of God he formed him; male and female he formed them.
Woman » Illustrative » (delicate,) of backsliding israel
Woman » Young » Inherited parents' property when there was no male heir
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
And the man will say, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; and this shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.
Woman » Curse pronounced on
To the woman he said, Multiplying, I will multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and to thy husband thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.
Woman » Characterized as » Weaker than man
Men, likewise, dwelling together according to knowledge, as showing honour to the weaker vessel, pertaining to woman, and as co-heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers be not cut off.
Woman » Of distinction » Haughty in their deportment
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
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
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 » To be governed by, considered a calamity by the jews
My people, their tyrants from children, and women ruled over them. My people, they calling thee happy, causing to err; they destroyed the way of thy paths.
Woman » To be slain by, considered a great disgrace
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
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
That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children,
Topics on Woman
A Broken Woman
1 Samuel 1:15And 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.
A Good Woman
Ecclesiastes 7:28Which yet my soul sought, and found not; one man from a thousand I found; and a woman in all these I found not
Being A Woman Of God
1 Corinthians 11:3And I will you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman the man; and the head of Christ God.
Contentious Woman
Judges 16:19And 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.
Creation Of Woman
Genesis 2:18And Jehovah God will say, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a help as before him.
Godly Woman
Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls.
Man And Woman
1 Corinthians 11:12For as the woman by the man, so also the man by the woman; and all things of God.
Marriage Between Man And Woman
1 Corinthians 7:33And he married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
Virtuous Woman
Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls.
Woman's Place
1 Corinthians 11:9For also the man was not created through the woman; but the woman through the man.