Bible Verses about “godly woman”
The Bible contains 32 verses about godly woman across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
“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.”
“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
“¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”
“¶ 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.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“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.”
“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.”
“¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”
“¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”