Bible Verses about “first lady of the church”

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”

“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

“Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”

“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.”

“¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.”

“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.”

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”

“Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.”

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”

“She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.”

“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”

“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.”

“The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”

“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

“She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.”

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”

“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.”

“She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.”

“She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.”

“She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.”

“She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.”

“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”

“She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.”

“She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.”

“She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.”

“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”

“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;”

“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”

“¶ This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”

“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.”

“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

“¶ Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”

“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”

“Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”

“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”

“Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”

“For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.”

“¶ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”

“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.”

“Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.”

“[It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:”