Woman
116 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
69 sections
- (At Ease and Careless) of a State of Carnal Security
- (Chaste and Holy) of Saints
- (Delicate) of Backsliding Israel
- (Foolish) of Mere Professors
- (Forsaken) of Israel in Her Captivity
- (Gloriously Arrayed) of the Church of Christ
- (Lewd) of the Roman Apostasy
- (Wise) Saints
- Allowed to Join in the Temple-Music from the Time of David
- Considered a Valuable Booty in War
- Curse Pronounced On
- Dark from Exposure to the Sun
- Deceived by Satan
- Frequently: Active in Instigating to Iniquity
- Frequently: Fond of Self-Indulgence
- Frequently: Silly and Easily Led Into Error
- Frequently: Subtle and Deceitful
- Frequently: Zealous in Promoting Superstition and Idolatry
- Generally Lived in a Separated Apartment or Tent
- Generally Wore a Vail in the Presence of the Other Sex
- Good and Virtuous, Described
- had a Court of the Tabernacle Assigned to Them
- Led Man to Disobey God
- Loving and Affectionate
- Often Engaged in Agriculture
- Often Engaged in Attending Funerals As Mourners
- Often Engaged in Celebrating the Victories of the Nation
- Often Engaged in Domestic Employments
- Often Engaged in Drawing and Carrying Water
- Often Engaged in Embroidery
- Often Engaged in Grinding Corn
- Often Engaged in Spinning
- Often Engaged in Tending Sheep
- Often Treated with Great Cruelty in War
- Origin and Cause of the Name
- Originally Made by God in his own Image
- Originally Made for Man
- Originally Made: from One of Adam's Ribs
- Originally Made: Subordinate to Man
- Originally Made: To be an Helpmeet for Man
- Originally Made: To be the Glory of Man
- Punishment for Injuring, when with Child
- Safety in Childbirth Promised to the Faithful and Holy
- Salvation Promised Through the Seed of
- Submissive and Respectful to Husbands
- Tender and Constant to Her offspring
- Timid
- To be Governed By, Considered a Calamity by the Jews
- To be Slain By, Considered a Great Disgrace
- To Wear Her Hair Long As a Covering
- Unfaithfulness of, when Married Found out by the Waters of
- Virtuous, Held in High Estimation
- Vows of, when Married not Binding Upon the Husband
- Weaker than Man
- Young of Distinction, Dressed in Robes of Various Colours
- Young: Called Damsels
- Young: Called Maids
- Young: Called Virgins
- Young: Could not Marry Without Consent of Parents
- Young: Fond of Ornaments
- Young: Gay and Merry
- Young: Inherited Parents' Property when There Was No Male Heir
- Young: Kind and Courteous to Strangers
- Young: Not to be Given in Marriage Considered a Calamity
- Young: Often Taken Captive
- Young: Often Treated with Great Cruelty in War
- Young: Punishment for Seducing when not Betrothed
- Young: Punishment for Seducing, when Betrothed
- Young: Required to Learn from and Imitate Their Elders
(At Ease and Careless) of a State of Carnal Security
- Isaiah 32:9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Isaiah 32:11 Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
(Chaste and Holy) of Saints
- Song of Solomon 1:3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Revelation 14:4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
(Delicate) of Backsliding Israel
- Jeremiah 6:2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
(Foolish) of Mere Professors
- Matthew 25:1–3 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
(Forsaken) of Israel in Her Captivity
- Isaiah 54:6 For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
(Gloriously Arrayed) of the Church of Christ
- Psalm 45:13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
- Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
- Revelation 12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
(Lewd) of the Roman Apostasy
- Revelation 17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
- Revelation 17:18 And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
(Wise) Saints
- Matthew 25:1–2 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
- Matthew 25:4 But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
Allowed to Join in the Temple-Music from the Time of David
- 1 Chronicles 25:5–6 All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. …
- Ezra 2:65 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
- Nehemiah 7:67 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Considered a Valuable Booty in War
- Deuteronomy 20:14 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city— all its spoil— you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
- 1 Samuel 30:2 They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
Curse Pronounced On
- Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Dark from Exposure to the Sun
- Song of Solomon 1:5–6 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. …
Deceived by Satan
- Genesis 3:1–6 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” …
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Frequently: Active in Instigating to Iniquity
- Numbers 31:15–16 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. …
- 1 Kings 21:25 (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
- Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel— yet foreign women drew him into sin.
Frequently: Fond of Self-Indulgence
- Isaiah 32:9–11 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. …
Frequently: Silly and Easily Led Into Error
- 2 Timothy 3:6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
Frequently: Subtle and Deceitful
- Proverbs 7:10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Frequently: Zealous in Promoting Superstition and Idolatry
- Jeremiah 7:18 The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
- Ezekiel 13:17 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
- Ezekiel 13:23 therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Generally Lived in a Separated Apartment or Tent
- Genesis 18:9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
- Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- Esther 2:9 And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the …
- Esther 2:11 And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
Generally Wore a Vail in the Presence of the Other Sex
- Genesis 24:65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Good and Virtuous, Described
- Proverbs 31:10–28 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. …
had a Court of the Tabernacle Assigned to Them
- Exodus 38:8 Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Samuel 2:2 There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
Led Man to Disobey God
- Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Genesis 3:11–12 “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” …
Loving and Affectionate
- 2 Samuel 1:26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
Often Engaged in Agriculture
- Ruth 2:8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
- Song of Solomon 1:6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Often Engaged in Attending Funerals As Mourners
- Jeremiah 9:17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Jeremiah 9:20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
Often Engaged in Celebrating the Victories of the Nation
- Exodus 15:20–21 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. …
- Judges 11:34 And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- 1 Samuel 18:6–7 As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments. …
Often Engaged in Domestic Employments
- Genesis 18:6 So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Proverbs 31:15 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Often Engaged in Drawing and Carrying Water
- Genesis 24:11 As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:13 Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:15–16 Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. …
- 1 Samuel 9:11 And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Often Engaged in Embroidery
- Proverbs 31:22 She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Often Engaged in Grinding Corn
- Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
- Luke 17:35 Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
Often Engaged in Spinning
- Proverbs 31:13–14 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. …
Often Engaged in Tending Sheep
- Genesis 29:9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- Exodus 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Often Treated with Great Cruelty in War
- 2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and …
- Lamentations 5:11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
- Ezekiel 9:6 Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
Origin and Cause of the Name
- Genesis 2:23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Originally Made by God in his own Image
- Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Originally Made for Man
- 1 Corinthians 11:9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
Originally Made: from One of Adam's Ribs
- Genesis 2:21–22 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. …
Originally Made: Subordinate to Man
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Originally Made: To be an Helpmeet for Man
- Genesis 2:18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- Genesis 2:20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
Originally Made: To be the Glory of Man
- 1 Corinthians 11:7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
Punishment for Injuring, when with Child
- Exodus 21:22–25 If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows. …
Safety in Childbirth Promised to the Faithful and Holy
- 1 Timothy 2:15 Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
Salvation Promised Through the Seed of
- Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Submissive and Respectful to Husbands
- 1 Peter 3:6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- Genesis 18:12 So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
Tender and Constant to Her offspring
- Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
- Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Timid
- Isaiah 19:16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Jeremiah 51:30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
- Nahum 3:13 Look at your troops — they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
To be Governed By, Considered a Calamity by the Jews
- Isaiah 3:12 Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
To be Slain By, Considered a Great Disgrace
- Judges 9:54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
To Wear Her Hair Long As a Covering
- 1 Corinthians 11:15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
Unfaithfulness of, when Married Found out by the Waters of
- Numbers 5:14–28 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself— or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself— …
Virtuous, Held in High Estimation
- Ruth 3:11 And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
- Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Vows of, when Married not Binding Upon the Husband
- Numbers 30:6–8 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself, …
Weaker than Man
- 1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Young of Distinction, Dressed in Robes of Various Colours
- 2 Samuel 13:18 So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
- Psalm 45:14 In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Young: Called Damsels
- Genesis 24:55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
- Mark 5:39 He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
Young: Called Maids
- Exodus 2:8 “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
- Luke 8:51–52 When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother. …
Young: Called Virgins
- Genesis 24:16 Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
- Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
Young: Could not Marry Without Consent of Parents
- Genesis 24:3–4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, …
- Genesis 34:6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- Exodus 22:17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Young: Fond of Ornaments
- Jeremiah 2:32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Young: Gay and Merry
- Judges 11:34 And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
- Judges 21:21 and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 31:13 Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- Zechariah 9:17 How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
Young: Inherited Parents' Property when There Was No Male Heir
- Numbers 27:8 Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
Young: Kind and Courteous to Strangers
- Genesis 24:17 So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Young: Not to be Given in Marriage Considered a Calamity
- Judges 11:37 She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
- Psalm 78:63 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- Isaiah 4:1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
Young: Often Taken Captive
- Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- Ezekiel 30:17–18 The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity. …
Young: Often Treated with Great Cruelty in War
- Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- Lamentations 2:21 Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- Lamentations 5:11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Young: Punishment for Seducing when not Betrothed
- Exodus 22:16–17 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife. …
- Deuteronomy 22:28–29 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, …
Young: Punishment for Seducing, when Betrothed
- Deuteronomy 22:23–27 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her, …
Young: Required to Learn from and Imitate Their Elders
- Titus 2:4 In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
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Woman of DistinctionWoman were Required to Hear and Obey the LawWomenWifeBitter WaterSeduction
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.