The Virtuous Woman
9 passages
- Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Read it in context - Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Read it in context - 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.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 3:1
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Read it in context - Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Read it in context - Titus 2:3–5
3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 4In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 2:9–10
9Likewise, 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, 10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Read it in context - Philippians 2:2–4
2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
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