Virtuous Women in the Bible
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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff
on 08/31/2018
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Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
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But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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“Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.
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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
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A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
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The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
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Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
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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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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
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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.
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Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,
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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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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,
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when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
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Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.
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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.
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For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,
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like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
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A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
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Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
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She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
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She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.
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She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
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She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.
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She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
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She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.
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She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
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In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
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She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
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When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
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She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
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Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
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She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.
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She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
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She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
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She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
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Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
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“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
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Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
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Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.