Have you ever wondered what the Bible says about women and their role in family, church, and the community setup?
From appreciating their traditional roles as wives and mothers to praising their desirable qualities, and even providing guidelines on how they should carry themselves, the Bible has a lot to say about women.
If you’ve been looking for Bible verses about women then here are 36 interesting (and a few very controversial) Bible verses to get you started.
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List of Bible verses about women
Genesis 2:18
“The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'”
Genesis 2:22
“Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”
Genesis 2:24
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
Proverbs 31:10
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
Proverbs 31:20-21
“She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.”
Proverbs 31:25
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”
Proverbs 31:26
“She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”
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Proverbs 31:30
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
Proverbs 14:1
“The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands, the foolish one tears hers down.”
Proverbs 11:16
“A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.”
Proverbs 21:9
“Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.”
Psalm 46:5
“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”
Proverbs 21:19
“Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.”
Proverbs 12:4
“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”
Proverbs 19:13
“A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.”
1 Peter 3:3-4
“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”
Proverbs 3:15-18
“She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.”
Ezekiel 16:44
“Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.'”
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John 16:21
“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.”
Genesis 3:16
“To the woman he said, ‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.’”
2 Kings 4:8
“One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.”
Proverbs 6:20
“My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”
Proverbs 23:22
“Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”
Song of Solomon 3:11
“Daughters of Jerusalem, come and see King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.”
Song of Solomon 4:7
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”
Song of Solomon 6:9
“But my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the only daughter of her mother, the favorite of the one who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines praised her.”
1 Timothy 3:11
“In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.”
1 Timothy 2:9-15
” I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”
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Ephesians 5:22-24
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
“Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”
1 Corinthians 11:5-6
“But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head – it is the same as having her head shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.”
1 Corinthians 11:8-9
“For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; 9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.”
Titus 2:3-5
“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”
1 Peter 3:1-2
“Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.”
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1 Peter 3:7
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”