Bible Verses About Women

And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:

The Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Sion, and the Lord will discover their hair.

In that day the Lord will take away the ornaments of shoes, and little moons,

And chains and necklaces, and bracelets, and bonnets,

And bodkins, and ornaments of the legs, and tablets, and sweet balls, and earrings,

And rings, and jewels hanging on the forehead,

And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,

And lookingglasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine veils.

And instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench, and instead of a girdle, a cord, and instead of curled hair, baldness, and instead of a stomacher, haircloth.

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach.

In that day Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.

Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.

Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.

Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.

Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Will a virgin forget her ornament, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me days without number.

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, the young men and old men together: and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.

A sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the people that are in the midst of her: and they shall become as women: a sword upon her treasures, and they shall be made a spoil.

The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.

Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my young men are gone into captivity.

Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.