Bible Verses about “female education”
The Bible contains 50 verses about female education across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.”
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
“For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.”
“And Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:›”
“But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.”
“‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›”
“And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.”
“But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.”
“¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.”
“For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels.”
“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”
“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.”
“For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.”
“For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.”
“Every man praying or prophesying, having [his] head covered, dishonoureth his head.”
“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”
“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”
“Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.”
“¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”
“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],”
“[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”
“And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.”
“Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].”
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”
“(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:”
“Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)”
“For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.”
“¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
“But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.”
“¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.”
“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.”
“Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.”
“That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.”
“For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.”
“Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?”
“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”
“[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;”
“(And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)”
“¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,”
“Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,”
“In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:”
“So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,”
“[I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.”
“Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.”
“I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.”
“So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.”
“Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:”
“For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:”
“Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.”
“I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.”