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Women

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

Creation of Genesis 1:27 Genesis 2:21 Genesis 2:22
Named Genesis 2:23
Fall of, and curse upon Genesis 3:1–16 2 Corinthians 11:3 1 Timothy 2:14
Promise to Genesis 3:15
Had separate apartments in dwellings Genesis 24:67 Genesis 31:33 Esther 2:9 Esther 2:11
Veiled the face Genesis 24:65
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Vows of Numbers 30:3–16
When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal Numbers 5:12–31
Took part in ancient worship Exodus 15:20 Exodus 21 Exodus 38:8 1 Samuel 2:22
In chorus 1 Chronicles 25:5 1 Chronicles 25:6 Ezra 2:65 Nehemiah 7:67
Worshiped in separate compartments Exodus 38:8 1 Samuel 2:22
Consecrated jewels to Exodus 35:22
Mirrors Exodus 38:8
Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses Deuteronomy 31:12 Joshua 8:35
Purifications of
After menstruation Leviticus 15:19–33 2 Samuel 11:4
After childbirth Leviticus 12 Luke 2:22
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Leviticus 12
Religious privileges of, among early Christians Acts 1:14 Acts 12:12 Acts 12:13 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Timothy 2:11
Domestic duties of Genesis 18:6 Proverbs 31:15–19 Matthew 24:41
Cooked Genesis 18:6
Spun Exodus 35:25 Exodus 35:26 1 Samuel 2:19 Proverbs 31:19–24
Embroidered Proverbs 31:22
Made garments Acts 9:39
Gleaned Ruth 2:8
Kept vineyards
Tended flocks and herds Genesis 24:11 Genesis 24:13 Genesis 24:14 Genesis 24:19 Genesis 24:20 Genesis 29:9 Exodus 2:16
Worked in fields Isaiah 27:11 Ezekiel 26:6 Ezekiel 26:8
Was a doorkeeper Matthew 26:69 John 18:16 John 18:17 Acts 12:13 Acts 12:14
Forbidden to wear men' s costume Deuteronomy 22:5
Wore hair long 1 Corinthians 11:5–15
Rules for dress of Christian 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Peter 3:3 1 Peter 3:4
Ornaments of Isaiah 3:16–23
Weaker than men 1 Peter 3:7
Are timid Isaiah 19:16 Jeremiah 50:37 Jeremiah 51:30 Nahum 3:13
Are affectionate 2 Samuel 1:26
Are tender to her offspring Isaiah 49:15 Lamentations 4:10
Are mirthsome Judges 11:34 Judges 21:21 Jeremiah 31:13 Zechariah 9:17
Are courteous to strangers Genesis 24:17
Could not marry without the consent of parents Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:4 Genesis 34:6 Exodus 22:17
Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity Judges 11:37 Psalms 78:63 Isaiah 4:1
Taken captive Numbers 31:9 Numbers 31:15 Numbers 31:17 Numbers 31:18 Numbers 31:35 Lamentations 1:18 Ezekiel 30:17 Ezekiel 30:18
Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothed Deuteronomy 22:23–27
Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed Exodus 22:16 Exodus 22:17 Deuteronomy 22:28 Deuteronomy 22:29
Treated with cruelty in war Deuteronomy 32:25 Lamentations 2:21 Lamentations 5:11
Virtuous, held in high estimation Ruth 3:11 Proverbs 31:10–30
Fond of self-indulgence Isaiah 32:9–11
Fond of ornaments Jeremiah 2:32
Subtle and deceitful Proverbs 6:24–29 Proverbs 6:32–35 Proverbs 7:6–27 Ecclesiastes 7:26
Silly, and easily led into error 2 Timothy 3:6
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jeremiah 7:18 Ezekiel 13:17 Ezekiel 13:23
Active in instigating to iniquity Numbers 31:15 Numbers 31:16 1 Kings 21:25 Nehemiah 13:26
Guilty of sodomy 2 Kings 23:7 Romans 1:26
As rulers Isaiah 3:12
Deborah Judges 4:4
Athaliah 2 Kings 11:1–16 2 Chronicles 22:2 2 Chronicles 22:3 2 Chronicles 22:10–12
Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1–13
Queen Candace Acts 8:27
A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king Nehemiah 2:6
Patriotic
Miriam Exodus 15:20
Deborah Judges 5
The women of Israel 1 Samuel 18:6
The women of the Philistines 2 Samuel 1:20
Help in defensive operations Judges 9:53
As poets
Miriam Exodus 15:21
Deborah Judges 5
Hannah 1 Samuel 2:1–10
Elisabeth Luke 1:42–45
Mary Luke 1:46–55
As prophets
Miriam Exodus 15:20 Exodus 15:21 Micah 6:4
Deborah Judges 4:4 Judges 4:5
Huldah 2 Kings 22:14–20 2 Chronicles 34:22–28
Noadiah Nehemiah 6:14
Anna Luke 2:36–38
Philip' s four unmarried daughters Acts 21:9
False prophets Ezekiel 13:17–23
In business Proverbs 31:14–18 Proverbs 31:24
Property rights of
In inheritance Numbers 27:1–11 Numbers 36 Joshua 17:3–6 Job 42:15
To sell real estate Ruth 4:3–9
Sold for husband' s debts Matthew 18:25
First to sin Genesis 3:6
Last at the cross Matthew 27:55 Matthew 27:56 Mark 15:40 Mark 15:41
First at the gravesite Mark 15:46 Mark 15:47 Mark 16:1–6 Luke 23:27 Luke 23:28 Luke 23:49 Luke 23:55 Luke 23:56 Luke 24:1–10
First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mark 16:9 John 20:14–18
Converted by preaching of Paul Acts 16:14 Acts 16:15 Acts 17:4 Acts 17:12 Acts 17:34
Social status of
In Persia Esther 1:10–22 Daniel 5:1–12
In Roman customs Acts 24:24 Acts 25:13 Acts 25:23 Acts 26:30
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:21–24 Genesis 3:16 Esther 1:20–22 Proverbs 11:16 Proverbs 11:22 Proverbs 12:4 Proverbs 14:1 Proverbs 18:22 Proverbs 19:13 Proverbs 19:14 Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 25:24 Proverbs 27:15 Proverbs 27:16 Proverbs 30:21–23 Proverbs 31:10–31 Ecclesiastes 7:26–28 Isaiah 3:16–24 Isaiah 32:9–12 Ezekiel 13:17–23 1 Corinthians 11:3–15 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 14:35 1 Timothy 2:9–15 1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 5:1–16 2 Timothy 3:6 2 Timothy 3:7 Titus 2:3–5
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GOOD
INSTANCES OF
Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader Judges 4 Judges 5
Mother of Samson Judges 13:23
Naomi Ruth 1 Ruth 2 Ruth 3:1
Ruth Ruth 1:4 Ruth 1:14–22
And Ruth 2 Ruth 3 Ruth 4
Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1 Samuel 1:9–18 1 Samuel 1:24–28
Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1 Kings 17:8–24
The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2 Kings 4:8–38
Vashti Esther 1:11 Esther 1:12
Esther Esther 4:15–17
Mary Luke 1:26–38
Elisabeth Luke 1:6 Luke 1:41–45
Anna Luke 2:37
The widow who put her two (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasury Mark 12:41–44 Luke 21:2–4
Mary and Martha Mark 14:3–9 Luke 10:42 John 11:5
Mary Magdalene Mark 16:1 Luke 8:2 John 20:1 John 20:2 John 20:11–16
Pilate' s wife Matthew 27:19
Dorcas (Tabitha) Acts 9:36
Lydia Acts 16:14
Priscilla (Prisca) Acts 18:26
Phoebe Romans 16:1 Romans 16:2
Julia Romans 16:15
Mary Romans 16:6
Lois and Eunice 2 Timothy 1:5
The Philippian Christians Philippians 4:3
FIGURATIVE
Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ Psalms 45:2–15 Galatians 4:26 Revelation 12:1
Of saints Matthew 25:1–4 2 Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 14:4
WICKED 2 Kings 9:30–37 2 Kings 23:7 Jeremiah 44:15–19 Jeremiah 44:25 Ezekiel 8:14 Romans 1:26
Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2 Kings 23:7 Hosea 4:13 Hosea 4:14
Full of deceit and licentiousness Proverbs 2:16–19 Proverbs 5:3–20 Proverbs 6:24–29 Proverbs 6:32–35 Proverbs 7:6–27 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Ezekiel 16:32
Commits forgery 1 Kings 21:8
Silly and wayward 2 Timothy 3:6
INSTANCES OF
Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Genesis 3:6 1 Timothy 2:14
Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Genesis 21:9–11
Lot' s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom Genesis 19:26 Luke 17:32
The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust Genesis 19:31–38
Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac' s blessing Genesis 27:11–17
Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah Genesis 30:1
Rachel, in stealing images Genesis 31:19 Genesis 31:34
Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children Genesis 30:9–18
Dinah, in her fornication Genesis 34:1 Genesis 34:2
Tamar, in her adultery Genesis 38:14–24
Potiphar' s wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph Genesis 39:7–20
Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations Exodus 4:25 Exodus 4:26
Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses Numbers 12
Rahab, in her harlotry Joshua 2:1
Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson Judges 16:4–20
Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah 1 Samuel 1:4–8
The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Numbers 25:6–8
Michal, in her derision of David' s religious zeal 2 Samuel 6:16 2 Samuel 6:20–23
Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband' s murderer 2 Samuel 11:4 2 Samuel 11:5 2 Samuel 11:27 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Samuel 12:10
Solomon' s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon 1 Kings 11:1–11 Nehemiah 13:26
Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord 1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 18:13
Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah 1 Kings 19:2
Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard 1 Kings 21:1–16
Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1 Kings 21:25
And 2 Kings 9:30–37
The cannibalistic mothers of 2 Kings 6:28 2 Kings 6:29
Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne 2 Kings 11:1–16 2 Chronicles 22:10 2 Chronicles 22:12 2 Chronicles 23:12–15
The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah) 2 Kings 23:7
Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem Nehemiah 6:14
Haman' s wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai Esther 5:14 Esther 6:13
Job' s wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and die Job 2:9 Job 19:17
Gomer, the adulterous wife of Hosea Hosea 1:2 Hosea 1:3 Hosea 3:1
Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas Matthew 14:3 Matthew 14:4 Mark 6:17–19 Luke 3:19
Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitated Matthew 14:6–11 Mark 6:24–28
The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist Matthew 14:8 Mark 6:18–28
Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood Acts 5:2–10
The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple John 8:1–11
FIGURATIVE
Of backsliding Jeremiah 6:2 Revelation 17:4 Revelation 17:18
Of evil people Isaiah 32:9 Isaiah 32:11 Matthew 25:1–13
SYMBOLICAL
Of wickedness Zechariah 5:7 Zechariah 5:8 Revelation 17 Revelation 19:2
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