Bible Verses About Women

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

¶ A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

¶ As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

¶ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

¶ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

¶ Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

¶ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¶ House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

¶ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

¶ It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

¶ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

¶ A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: