Bible Verses for Women

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 02/16/2024
Bible Verses for Women

Encouraging Bible Verses for Women: Our Favorite Scriptures for Women

The Bible is filled with wisdom and encouragement for women of all ages. Let's take a look at Bible verses for women to better understand the special role that God has for all women. We are all created equal in the image of God. You will be inspired and challenged when you realize all that the Lord has in store for you as a woman of God!

Top 10 Bible Verses for Women

Here are ten frequently cited verses that offer encouragement and empowerment for women, along with brief explanations:

Strength and Identity:

Genesis 1:27: "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Worth and equality in God's eyes)

Proverbs 31:10-31: "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies." (Celebrating women's strengths, skills, and contributions)

Galatians 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Equality and unity in Christ)

Guidance and Faith:

Psalm 46:5: "God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day." (Assurance of God's presence and support)

Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Seeking God's guidance and direction)

Philippians 4:6-7: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Finding peace and strength in prayer)

Love and Relationships:

Ruth 1:16-17: "But Ruth said, 'Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death separates me from you.'" (Loyalty and enduring love)

Proverbs 31:25-26: "She speaks with wisdom and teaches with kindness. She opens her mouth with discretion, and on her tongue is the law of kindness." (Using wisdom and kindness in communication)

1 Corinthians 12:4-7: "There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different ministries, but the same Lord. And there are different activities, but the same God who activates everyone directly. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." (Celebrating women's unique gifts and contributions to the community)

Hope and Encouragement:

Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Finding hope and purpose in God's plan)

A Prayer to Know Your Worth: Dear Lord, Thank You for fearfully and wonderfully creating each of us. Thank You for giving us worth in Your eyes. Help us live as the one You uniquely intended us to be. Help us abide instead of strive, living peacefully and joyfully as daughters of God and co-heirs with Christ. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Read more Bible verses for women in the collection of scripture quotes below!  

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Psalms 46:5

Psalm 46:5
5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
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Psalms 139:14

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
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1 Timothy 3:11

11 In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
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1 Corinthians 11:12

12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
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1 Corinthians 15:10

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
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Luke 1:45

45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
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Proverbs 11:16

16 A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
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Proverbs 14:1

1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
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Proverbs 19:13

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
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Proverbs 21:9

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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Proverbs 21:19

19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
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1 Peter 3:1-2

1 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,
2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
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Ephesians 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
23 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.
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Proverbs 31:16-17

16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
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Titus 2:3-5

3 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.
4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 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.
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Genesis 2:18-24

18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
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.
23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
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1 Timothy 2:9-15

9 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.
11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
12 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.
14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.
15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
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Proverbs 31

Treasure your wife :)
1 The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
2 Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
3 Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel— it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!
7 Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.
16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
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