'She Is Clothed With Strength and Dignity' 45 Uplifting Bible Verses About Women

As women, it's easy to get bogged down with all the demands of life. Being a mother, best friend, sister, aunt or a single woman focused on her career can all come with many highs and just as many lows. Self-care is so important when it comes to loving ourselves in spite of those lows. If you have someone in your life to uplift you, that's great! It's even better if you can provide yourself the respect and admiration you deserve by going into scripture. You can't pour from an empty cup, and sometimes we need to be the ones to fill it.

What better reminder is there than the Bible to fill ourselves with the truth—that we are powerful, cherished and loved beings? Psalm 139:14 says it best, that you "are fearfully and wonderfully made"—and you shouldn't forget it! The words of the Bible provide guidance and inspiration for our day-to-day lives. These 45 Bible Verses about women are sure to give you the encouragement and reassurance that you've been longing for!

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45 Bible Verses About Women

1. 1 Corinthians 11:9 for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake

2. Proverbs 31:16 She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

3. 1 Corinthians 15:10 I am what I am by God’s grace, and God’s grace hasn’t been for nothing. In fact, I have worked harder than all the others—that is, it wasn’t me but the grace of God that is with me.

4. Isaiah 62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

5. Luke 1:45 Happy is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill the promises he made to her.

6. Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

7. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

8. Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman builds her house, while a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.

9. Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once.

10. Proverbs 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

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11. 1 Timothy 3:11 In the same way, women who are servants in the church should be dignified and not gossip. They should be sober and faithful in everything they do.

12. Proverbs 11:16 A gracious woman gains honor; violent men gain only wealth.

13. Revelation 12:16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

14. Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

15. Proverbs 3:15 Her value exceeds pearls; all you desire can’t compare with her

16. 1 Peter 3:3-4 Don’t try to make yourselves beautiful on the outside, with stylish hair or by wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes. Instead, make yourselves beautiful on the inside, in your hearts, with the enduring quality of a gentle, peaceful spirit. This type of beauty is very precious in God’s eyes.

17. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.

18. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

19. Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

20. Proverbs 31:20-21 She reaches out to the needy; she stretches out her hands to the poor. She doesn’t fear for her household when it snows, because they are all dressed in warm clothes.

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21. Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

22. Proverbs 31:30-31 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

23. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

24. 1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

25. Genesis 2:18-24 This one finally is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She will be called a woman because from a man she was taken.

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26. Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

27. Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

28. Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

29. Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother

30. Titus 2:4-5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

31. Proverbs 31:25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

32. Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

33. Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

34. Proverbs 31:27 She is vigilant over the activities of her household; she doesn’t eat the food of laziness.

35. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

36. 1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

37. Proverbs 18:22 When a man finds a wife, he has found a treasure! For she is the gift of God to bring him joy and pleasure. But the one who divorces a good woman loses what is good from his house.

38. Psalm 46:5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

39. Joshua 1:9 I’ve commanded you to be brave and strong, haven’t I? Don’t be alarmed or terrified, because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

40. 1 Timothy 5:14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

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41. Proverbs 31:26 Her mouth is full of wisdom; kindly teaching is on her tongue.

42. Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

43. Psalm 127:3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

44. Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

45. 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 However, woman isn’t independent from man, and man isn’t independent from woman in the Lord. As woman came from man so also man comes from woman. But everything comes from God.

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