Bible Verses For Women Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) Verses That Focus on Women, Highlighting Their Roles, Virtues, and Stories
1. 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."
2. Proverbs 31:10:
"An excellent wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels."
3. Ruth 1:16:
"But Ruth said, 'Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.'"
4. Proverbs 31:25:
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come."
5. Genesis 2:18:
"Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.'"
6. Exodus 15:20-21:
"Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing."
7. Proverbs 31:26:
"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue."
8. Esther 4:14:
"For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
9. Proverbs 31:28:
"Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her."
10. Proverbs 14:1:
"The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down."
11. Judges 4:4:
"Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time."
12. Proverbs 31:30:
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
13. 1 Samuel 1:27: "For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him."
14. Proverbs 31:20: "She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy."
15. Genesis 3:20: "The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living."
16. Proverbs 12:4: "An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones."
17. Ruth 3:11: "And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman."
18. Exodus 1:15-17: "Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 'When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.' But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live."
19. Proverbs 19:14: "House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord."
20. Judges 5:7: "The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel."
21. 1 Samuel 25:3: "Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite."
22. Proverbs 31:15: "She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens."
23. 2 Kings 4:8: "One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food."
24. 1 Samuel 2:1: "And Hannah prayed and said, 'My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.'"
25. Proverbs 31:17: "She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong."
26. Genesis 24:67: "Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death."
27. Proverbs 31:13: "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands."
28. 1 Samuel 1:20: "And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, 'I have asked for him from the Lord.'"
29. Genesis 18:6: "And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.'"
30. Proverbs 31:18: "She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night."
31. Genesis 29:20: "So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her."
32. Exodus 2:10: "When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, 'Because,' she said, 'I drew him out of the water.'"
33. Proverbs 31:21: "She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet."
34. Judges 4:9: "And she said, 'I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.' Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh."
35. Genesis 21:6-7: "And Sarah said, 'God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.' And she said, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'"
36. Proverbs 31:19: "She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle."
37. Exodus 2:1-2: "Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months."
38. Ruth 4:13: "So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son."
39. Proverbs 31:23: "Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land."
40. 1 Samuel 1:18: "And she said, 'Let your servant find favor in your eyes.' Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad."
41. Genesis 2:23: "Then the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.'"
42. Proverbs 31:22: "She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple."
43. Genesis 24:60: "And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, 'Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!'"
44. Exodus 4:24-26: "At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it and said, 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!' So he let him alone. It was then that she said, 'A bridegroom of blood,' because of the circumcision."
45. Proverbs 31:24: "She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant."
46. Genesis 30:22-24: "Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son and said, 'God has taken away my reproach.' And she called his name Joseph, saying, 'May the Lord add to me another son!'"
47. Judges 4:21: "But Jael the wife of Heber took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand. Then she went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple until it went down into the ground while he was lying fast asleep from weariness. So he died."
48. Proverbs 31:27: "She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."
49. Exodus 2:5: "Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it."
50. 1 Samuel 1:15-16: "But Hannah answered, 'No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.'"
51. Proverbs 31:31: "Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates."
52. Genesis 24:16: "The young woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up."
53. Exodus 35:25-26: "And every skillful woman spun with her hands, and they all brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair."
54. Proverbs 31:31: "Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates."
55. Genesis 24:45: "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'"
56. Judges 5:24: "Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed."
57. Proverbs 18:22: "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord."
58. Genesis 29:9-10: "While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess. Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother."
59. Exodus 38:8: "He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting."
60. Proverbs 31:12: "She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life."
61. Judges 13:24: "And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him."
62. 1 Samuel 25:18: "Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys."
63. Genesis 24:15: "Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder."
64. Proverbs 31:29: "'Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.'"
65. 1 Samuel 1:11: "And she vowed a vow and said, 'O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.'"
66. Genesis 29:16-17: "Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance."
67. Exodus 2:4: "And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him."
68. Proverbs 31:16: "She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard."
69. Genesis 24:28: "Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things."
70. Proverbs 31:14: "She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar."
71. Exodus 1:19: "The midwives said to Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.'"
72. Genesis 29:32: "And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, 'Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.'"
73. Proverbs 31:15: "She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens."
74. Genesis 24:58: "And they called Rebekah and said to her, 'Will you go with this man?' She said, 'I will go.'"
75. Genesis 17:15: "And God said to Abraham, 'As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.'"
76. 1 Samuel 2:21: "Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord."
77. Genesis 24:45: "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'"
78. Proverbs 31:11: "The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain."
79. 1 Samuel 1:23: "Elkanah her husband said to her, 'Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.' So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him."
80. Genesis 2:22: "And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man."
81. Proverbs 14:1: "The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down."
82. Judges 4:9: "And she said, 'I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.' Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh."
83. Exodus 1:15: "Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah."
84. Genesis 25:20: "And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife."
85. Proverbs 31:10: "An excellent wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels."
86. Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
87. Ruth 1:14: "Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her."
88. 1 Samuel 1:19: "They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her."
89. Genesis 3:16: "To the woman he said, 'I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.'"
90. Proverbs 11:16: "A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches."
91. Ruth 4:14: "Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel!'"
92. Genesis 30:1: "When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, 'Give me children, or I shall die!'"
93. Proverbs 21:19: "It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman."
94. 1 Samuel 25:33: "Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!"
95. Genesis 24:64-65: "And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and said to the servant, 'Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?' The servant said, 'It is my master.' So she took her veil and covered herself."
96. Genesis 38:15: "When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face."
97. Proverbs 19:13: "A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain."
98. Genesis 24:14: "Let the young woman to whom I shall say, 'Please let down your jar that I may drink,' and who shall say, 'Drink, and I will water your camels'—let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master."
99. Genesis 38:26: "Then Judah identified them and said, 'She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.' And he did not know her again."
100. Proverbs 25:24: "It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife."