39 Bible Verses about Women's Roles

for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.

Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;

Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Yet she will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.

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

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,

For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.

but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?

She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,

When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.

"If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,

If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.

Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women--

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women and all the leaders of the city fled to it and shut themselves in, and they went up to the roof of the tower.