Bible Verses About Women

And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house--and speaking according to the language of his people.

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions--to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided--to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good place in the house of the women.

and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

So is he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

For jealousy is the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,

In the twilight--in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

And, lo, a woman to meet him--(A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Noisy she is , and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

`Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows.

Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.