Women
221 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
145 sections
- A Persian Queen Sat on a Throne Beside Her King
- Active in Instigating to Iniquity
- Anna
- As Poets: Deborah
- As Poets: Elisabeth
- As Poets: Hannah
- As Poets: Mary
- As Poets: Miriam
- As Prophets: Anna
- As Prophets: Deborah
- As Prophets: Huldah
- As Prophets: Miriam
- As Prophets: Noadiah
- As Prophets: Philip's Four Unmarried Daughters
- As Rulers
- Athaliah
- Athaliah, in Destroying the Royal Household and Usurping the Throne
- Bath-Sheba, in Her Adultery, in Becoming the Wife of Her Husband's Murderer
- Consecrated Jewels to Tabernacle
- Converted by Preaching of Paul
- Cooked
- Could not Marry Without the Consent of Parents
- Creation of
- Deborah
- Deborah, a Judge, Prophetess, and Military Leader
- Delilah, in Her Conspiracy Against Samson
- Difference in Ceremonies Made Between Male and Female Children
- Dinah, in Her Fornication
- Domestic Duties of
- Dorcas (Tabitha)
- Elisabeth
- Embroidered
- Esther
- Eve, in Yielding to Temptation and Seducing Her Husband
- Fall of, and Curse Upon
- False Prophets
- First at the Gravesite
- First to Sin
- First to Whom the Risen Lord Appeared
- Fond of Ornaments
- Fond of Self-Indulgence
- Forbidden to Wear Men's Costume
- Gleaned
- Gomer, the Adulterous Wife of Hosea
- Guilty of Sodomy
- had Separate Apartments in Dwellings
- Haman's Wife, in Advising Him to Hang Mordecai
- Hannah, the Mother of Samuel
- Help in Defensive Operations
- Herodias, in Her Incestuous Marriage with Herod Antipas
- Herodius, by Indirectly Causing John the Baptist to be Decapitated
- Jezebel, in Her Conspiracy Against Naboth, to Cheat Him out of his Vineyard
- Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab
- Jezebel, in Her Persecution and Destruction of the Prophets of the Lord
- Jezebel, in Her Persecution of Elijah
- Job's Wife, in Suggesting to Him That he Curse God and Die
- Julia
- Kept Vineyards
- Last at the Cross
- Leah, in Her Imitation of Rachel in the Matter of Children
- Lois and Eunice
- Lot's Wife, in Her Rebellion Against Her Situation, and Against the Destruction of Sodom
- Lydia
- Made Garments
- Mary
- Mary and Martha
- Mary Magdalene
- Michal, in Her Derision of David's Religious Zeal
- Miriam, in Her Sedition with Aaron Against Moses
- Mirrors
- Mother of Samson
- Named
- Naomi
- Noadiah, a False Prophetess in Attempting to Intimidate the Jews when They Were Restoring Jerusalem
- Not to be Given in Marriage Was Considered a Calamity
- Ornaments of
- Patriotic: Deborah
- Patriotic: Miriam
- Patriotic: The Women of Israel
- Patriotic: The Women of the Philistines
- Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah
- Phoebe
- Pilate's Wife
- Potiphar's Wife, in Her Lascivious Lust and Slander Against Joseph
- Priscilla (Prisca)
- Promise To
- Property Rights of in Inheritance
- Property Rights of To Sell Real Estate
- Punishment for Seducing, when not Betrothed
- Punishment to be Inflicted Upon Men for Seducing, when Betrothed
- Purifications of After Childbirth
- Purifications of After Menstruation
- Queen Candace
- Queen of Sheba
- Rachel, in Her Jealousy of Leah
- Rachel, in Stealing Images
- Rahab, in Her Harlotry
- Rebekah, in Her Partiality for Jacob, and Her Sharp Practice to Secure for Him Isaac's Blessing
- Religious Privileges of, Among Early Christians
- Required to Attend to the Reading of the Law of Moses
- Rules for Dress of Christian
- Ruth
- Sapphira, in Her Blasphemous Falsehood
- Sarah, in Her Jealousy and Malice Toward Hagar
- Silly, and Easily Led Into Error
- Social Status of in Persia
- Social Status of in Roman Customs
- Sold for Husband's Debts
- Solomon's Wives, in Their Idolatrous and Wicked Influence Over Solomon
- Spun
- Subtle and Deceitful
- Symbolical of Wickedness
- Taken Captive
- Tamar, in Her Adultery
- Tended Flocks and Herds
- The Cannibalistic Mothers of Samaria
- The Daughter of Herodias, in Her Complicity with Her Mother in Securing the Death of John the Baptist
- The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust
- The Midianite Woman in the Camp of Israel, Taken in Adultery
- The Philippian Christians
- The Shunammite Woman, Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha
- The Sodomites of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)
- The Widow Who Put Her Two Mite (Small Coins, Greek: Leptas) Into the Treasury
- The Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery and Brought to Jesus in the Temple
- Took Part in Ancient Worship
- Treated with Cruelty in War
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Vashti
- Veiled the Face
- Virtuous, Held in High Estimation
- Vows of
- Weaker than Men
- when Jealously Charged with Infidelity, Their Guilt or Innocence Was to be Determined by an Ordeal
- Wicked
- Wicked: Commits Forgery
- Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness
- Wicked: Silly and Wayward
- Wicked: Zeal of, in Licentious Practices of Idolatry
- Widow of Zarephath, Who Fed Elijah During the Famine
- Wore Hair Long
- Worked in Fields
- Worshiped in Separate Compartments
- Zealous in Promoting Superstition and Idolatry
- Zipporah, in Her Persecution of Moses on Account of his Religious Obligations
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A Persian Queen Sat on a Throne Beside Her King
- Nehemiah 2:6 Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
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.
Anna
- Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
As Poets: Deborah
- Judges 5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
As Poets: Elisabeth
- Luke 1:42–45 In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! …
As Poets: Hannah
- 1 Samuel 2:1–10 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation. …
As Poets: Mary
- Luke 1:46–55 Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, …
As Poets: Miriam
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
As Prophets: Anna
- Luke 2:36–38 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, …
As Prophets: Deborah
- Judges 4:4–5 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. …
As Prophets: Huldah
- 2 Kings 22:14–20 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. …
- 2 Chronicles 34:22–28 So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. …
As Prophets: Miriam
- 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. …
- Micah 6:4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
As Prophets: Noadiah
- Nehemiah 6:14 O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
As Prophets: Philip's Four Unmarried Daughters
- Acts 21:9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
As Rulers
- 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.
Athaliah
- 2 Kings 11:1–16 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. …
- 2 Chronicles 22:2–3 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. …
- 2 Chronicles 22:10–12 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. …
Athaliah, in Destroying the Royal Household and Usurping the Throne
- 2 Kings 11:1–16 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. …
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:12 And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
- 2 Chronicles 23:12–15 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD. …
Bath-Sheba, in Her Adultery, in Becoming the Wife of Her Husband's Murderer
- 2 Samuel 11:4–5 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. …
- 2 Samuel 11:27 And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 12:9–10 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. …
Consecrated Jewels to Tabernacle
- Exodus 35:22 So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
Converted by Preaching of Paul
- Acts 16:14–15 Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. …
- Acts 17:4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
- Acts 17:12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
- Acts 17:34 But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
Cooked
- 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.”
Could not Marry Without the 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.
Creation of
- 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.
- 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. …
Deborah
- Judges 4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Deborah, a Judge, Prophetess, and Military Leader
- Judges 4:1 After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Delilah, in Her Conspiracy Against Samson
- Judges 16:4–20 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. …
Difference in Ceremonies Made Between Male and Female Children
- Leviticus 12:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Dinah, in Her Fornication
- Genesis 34:1–2 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. …
Domestic Duties of
- 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 31:15–19 She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. …
- Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
Dorcas (Tabitha)
- Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Elisabeth
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Luke 1:41–45 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. …
Embroidered
- Proverbs 31:22 She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Esther
- Esther 4:15–17 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: …
Eve, in Yielding to Temptation and Seducing Her Husband
- 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.
- 1 Timothy 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Fall of, and Curse Upon
- Genesis 3:1–16 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.
False Prophets
- Ezekiel 13:17–23 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them …
First at the Gravesite
- Mark 15:46–47 So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. …
- Mark 16:1–6 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus. …
- Luke 23:27–28 A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. …
- Luke 23:49 But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
- Luke 23:55–56 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed. …
- Luke 24:1–10 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. …
First to Sin
- 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.
First to Whom the Risen Lord Appeared
- Mark 16:9 Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
- John 20:14–18 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus. …
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.
Fond of Self-Indulgence
- Isaiah 32:9–11 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. …
Forbidden to Wear Men's Costume
- Deuteronomy 22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Gleaned
- 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.
Gomer, the Adulterous Wife of Hosea
- Hosea 1:2–3 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” …
- Hosea 3:1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
Guilty of Sodomy
- 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
- Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
had Separate Apartments in Dwellings
- 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.
- Genesis 31:33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
- 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.
Haman's Wife, in Advising Him to Hang Mordecai
- Esther 5:14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice …
- Esther 6:13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him — for …
Hannah, the Mother of Samuel
- 1 Samuel 1:9–18 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. …
- 1 Samuel 1:24–28 Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. …
Help in Defensive Operations
- Judges 9:53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
Herodias, in Her Incestuous Marriage with Herod Antipas
- Matthew 14:3–4 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, …
- Mark 6:17–19 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. …
- Luke 3:19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
Herodius, by Indirectly Causing John the Baptist to be Decapitated
- Matthew 14:6–11 On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod …
- Mark 6:24–28 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” …
Jezebel, in Her Conspiracy Against Naboth, to Cheat Him out of his Vineyard
- 1 Kings 21:1–16 Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. …
Jezebel, in Her Evil Counsels To, and Influence Over, Ahab
- 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.
- 1 Kings 21:17–27 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, …
Jezebel, in Her Persecution and Destruction of the Prophets of the Lord
- 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
Jezebel, in Her Persecution of Elijah
- 1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
Job's Wife, in Suggesting to Him That he Curse God and Die
Julia
- Romans 16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
Kept Vineyards
- 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.
Last at the Cross
- Matthew 27:55–56 And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him. …
- Mark 15:40–41 And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. …
Leah, in Her Imitation of Rachel in the Matter of Children
- Genesis 30:9–18 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. …
Lois and Eunice
- 2 Timothy 1:5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
Lot's Wife, in Her Rebellion Against Her Situation, and Against the Destruction of Sodom
- Genesis 19:26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
- Luke 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife!
Lydia
- Acts 16:14 Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
Made Garments
- Acts 9:39 So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Mary
- Luke 1:26–38 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, …
Mary and Martha
- Mark 14:3–9 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head. …
- Luke 10:42 But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Mary Magdalene
- Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
- Luke 8:2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
- John 20:1–2 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. …
- John 20:11–16 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb, …
Michal, in Her Derision of David's Religious Zeal
- 2 Samuel 6:16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 6:20–23 When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the …
Miriam, in Her Sedition with Aaron Against Moses
- Numbers 12:1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
Mirrors
- 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.
Mother of Samson
- Judges 13:23 But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
Named
- 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.”
Naomi
- Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- Ruth 2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
- Ruth 3:1 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
Noadiah, a False Prophetess in Attempting to Intimidate the Jews when They Were Restoring Jerusalem
- Nehemiah 6:14 O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
Not to be Given in Marriage Was 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!”
Ornaments of
- Isaiah 3:16–23 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty — walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles — …
Patriotic: Deborah
- Judges 5:1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Patriotic: Miriam
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
Patriotic: The Women of Israel
- 1 Samuel 18:6 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.
Patriotic: The Women of the Philistines
- 2 Samuel 1:20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
Peninnah, the Wife of Elkanah, in Her Jealous Taunting of Hannah
- 1 Samuel 1:4–8 And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. …
Phoebe
- Romans 16:1–2 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea. …
Pilate's Wife
- Matthew 27:19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
Potiphar's Wife, in Her Lascivious Lust and Slander Against Joseph
- Genesis 39:7–20 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” …
Priscilla (Prisca)
- Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Promise To
- 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.”
Property Rights of in Inheritance
- Numbers 27:1–11 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and …
- Numbers 36:1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
- Joshua 17:3–6 But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. …
- Job 42:15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
Property Rights of To Sell Real Estate
- Ruth 4:3–9 And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. …
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, …
Punishment to be Inflicted Upon Men 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, …
Purifications of After Childbirth
- Leviticus 12:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Luke 2:22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
Purifications of After Menstruation
- Leviticus 15:19–33 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. …
- 2 Samuel 11:4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
Queen Candace
- Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Queen of Sheba
- 1 Kings 10:1–13 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. …
Rachel, in Her Jealousy of Leah
- Genesis 30:1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
Rachel, in Stealing Images
- Genesis 31:19 Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Genesis 31:34 Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
Rahab, in Her Harlotry
- Joshua 2:1 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Rebekah, in Her Partiality for Jacob, and Her Sharp Practice to Secure for Him Isaac's Blessing
- Genesis 27:11–17 Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned. …
Religious Privileges of, Among Early Christians
- Acts 1:14 With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
- Acts 12:12–13 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. …
- 1 Corinthians 11:5 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- 1 Timothy 2:11 A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
Required to Attend to the Reading of the Law of Moses
- Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people— men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates— so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
- Joshua 8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
Rules for Dress of Christian
- 1 Timothy 2:9–10 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, …
- 1 Peter 3:3–4 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, …
Ruth
- Ruth 1:4 who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- Ruth 1:14–22 Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. …
Sapphira, in Her Blasphemous Falsehood
- Acts 5:2–10 With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet. …
Sarah, in Her Jealousy and Malice Toward Hagar
- Genesis 21:9–11 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son, …
- Genesis 21:12–21 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned. …
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,
Social Status of in Persia
- Esther 1:10–22 On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him — Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas — …
- Daniel 5:1–12 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. …
Social Status of in Roman Customs
- Acts 24:24 After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 25:13 After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
- Acts 25:23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
- Acts 26:30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.
Sold for Husband's Debts
- Matthew 18:25 Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
Solomon's Wives, in Their Idolatrous and Wicked Influence Over Solomon
- 1 Kings 11:1–11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. …
- 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.
Spun
- Exodus 35:25–26 Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen. …
- 1 Samuel 2:19 Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
- Proverbs 31:19–24 She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. …
Subtle and Deceitful
- Proverbs 6:24–29 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. …
- Proverbs 6:32–35 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. …
- Proverbs 7:6–27 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. …
- 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.
Symbolical of Wickedness
- Zechariah 5:7–8 And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. …
- Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
- Revelation 19:2 For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
Taken Captive
- Numbers 31:9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
- Numbers 31:15 “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- Numbers 31:17–18 So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man, …
- Numbers 31:35 and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
- 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. …
Tamar, in Her Adultery
- Genesis 38:14–24 she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife. …
Tended Flocks and Herds
- 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 24:13–14 Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. …
- Genesis 24:19–20 After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.” …
- 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.
The Cannibalistic Mothers of Samaria
- 2 Kings 6:28–29 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ …
The Daughter of Herodias, in Her Complicity with Her Mother in Securing the Death of John the Baptist
- Matthew 14:8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
- Mark 6:18–28 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!” …
The Daughters of Lot, in Their Incestuous Lust
- Genesis 19:31–38 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth. …
The Midianite Woman in the Camp of Israel, Taken in Adultery
- Numbers 25:6–8 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. …
The Philippian Christians
- Philippians 4:3 Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
The Shunammite Woman, Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha
- 2 Kings 4:8–38 One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. …
The Sodomites of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)
- 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
The Widow Who Put Her Two Mite (Small Coins, Greek: Leptas) Into the Treasury
- Mark 12:41–44 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. …
- Luke 21:2–4 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. …
The Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery and Brought to Jesus in the Temple
- John 8:1–11 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. …
Took Part in Ancient Worship
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Exodus 21:1 “These are the ordinances that you are to set before 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 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Treated with 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.
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- 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 2:21–24 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. …
- 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.”
- Esther 1:20–22 The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom — and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.” …
- Proverbs 11:16 A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
- Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 19:13–14 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. …
- Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 25:24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 27:15–16 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike — …
- Proverbs 30:21–23 Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: …
- Proverbs 31:10–31 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. …
- Ecclesiastes 7:26–28 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. …
- Isaiah 3:16–24 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty — walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles — …
- Isaiah 32:9–12 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. …
- Ezekiel 13:17–23 Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them …
- 1 Corinthians 11:3–15 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. …
- 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. …
- 1 Timothy 2:9–15 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, …
- 1 Timothy 3:11 In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- 1 Timothy 5:1–16 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers, …
- 2 Timothy 3:6–7 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, …
- Titus 2:3–5 Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. …
Vashti
- Esther 1:11–12 to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold. …
Veiled the Face
- 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.
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 31:10–30 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. …
Vows of
- Numbers 30:3–16 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, …
Weaker than Men
- 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.
when Jealously Charged with Infidelity, Their Guilt or Innocence Was to be Determined by an Ordeal
- Numbers 5:12–31 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him …
Wicked
- 2 Kings 9:30–37 Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. …
- 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
- Jeremiah 44:15–19 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by— a great assembly— along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah, …
- Jeremiah 44:25 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to …
- Ezekiel 8:14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
- Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
Wicked: Commits Forgery
- 1 Kings 21:8 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness
- Proverbs 2:16–19 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words …
- Proverbs 5:3–20 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, …
- Proverbs 6:24–29 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. …
- Proverbs 6:32–35 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. …
- Proverbs 7:6–27 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. …
- 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.
- Ezekiel 16:32 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
Wicked: Silly and Wayward
- 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,
Wicked: Zeal of, in Licentious Practices of Idolatry
- 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
- Hosea 4:13–14 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. …
Widow of Zarephath, Who Fed Elijah During the Famine
- 1 Kings 17:8–24 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: …
Wore Hair Long
- 1 Corinthians 11:5–15 And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. …
Worked in Fields
- Isaiah 27:11 When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Ezekiel 26:6 and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
- Ezekiel 26:8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
Worshiped in Separate Compartments
- 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 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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.”
Zipporah, in Her Persecution of Moses on Account of his Religious Obligations
- Exodus 4:25–26 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. …
More passages
- 2 Kings 9:30–37 Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.