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MISCELLANEOUS SUB-TOPICSPATRIOTIC WOMENSTATUS OF WOMEN
WOMAN'S DOMESTIC DUTIESWOMEN AS POETSGOOD WOMEN
MEN PUNISHED FOR SEDUCINGWOMEN AS PROPHETSWICKED WOMEN
WOMEN AS RULERSWOMAN'S PROPERTY RIGHTSUNCLASSIFIED VERSES
  • MISCELLANEOUS SUB-TOPICS ON WOMEN

    • Creation of
      Genesis 1:27; 2:21,22

    • Named
      Genesis 2:23

    • Fall of, and curse upon
      Genesis 3:1-16; 2Corinthians 11:3; 1Timothy 2:14

    • Promise to
      Genesis 3:15

    • Had separate apartments in dwellings
      Genesis 24:67; 31:33; Esther 2:9,11

  • MISCELLANEOUS SUB-TOPICS ON WOMEN

    • Veiled the face
      Genesis 24:65

    • 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; 21; 38:8; 1Samuel 2:22

    • In chorus
      1Chronicles 25:5,6; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67

    • Worshiped in separate compartments
      Exodus 38:8; 1Samuel 2:22

    • Consecrated jewels to tabernacle
      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; 2Samuel 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; 12:12,13; 1Corinthians 11:5; 14:34; 1Timothy 2:11

    • Forbidden to wear men's costume
      Deuteronomy 22:5

    • Wore hair long
      1Corinthians 11:5-15

    • Rules for dress of Christian
      1Timothy 2:9,10; 1Peter 3:3,4

    • Ornaments of
      Isaiah 3:16-23

    • Weaker than men
      1Peter 3:7

    • Are timid
      Isaiah 19:16; Jeremiah 50:37; 51:30; Nahum 3:13

    • Are affectionate
      2Samuel 1:26

    • Are tender to her offspring
      Isaiah 49:15; Lamentations 4:10

    • Are mirthsome
      Judges 11:34; 21:21; Jeremiah 31:13; Zechariah 9:17

    • Are courteous to strangers
      Genesis 24:17

    • Could not marry without the consent of parents
      Genesis 24:3,4; 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 31:9,15,17,18,35; Lamentations 1:18; Ezekiel 30:17,18

    • Treated with cruelty in war
      Deuteronomy 32:25; Lamentations 2:21; 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 6:24-29,32-35; 7:6-27; Ecclesiastes 7:26

    • Silly, and easily led into error
      2Timothy 3:6

    • Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
      Jeremiah 7:18; Ezekiel 13:17,23

    • Active in instigating to iniquity
      Numbers 31:15,16; 1Kings 21:25; Nehemiah 13:26

    • Guilty of sodomy
      2Kings 23:7; Romans 1:26

    • Help in defensive operations
      Judges 9:53

  • DOMESTIC DUTIES OF WOMEN:

    • General References
      Genesis 18:6; Proverbs 31:15-19; Matthew 24:41

    • Cooked
      Genesis 18:6

    • Spun
      Exodus 35:25,26; 1Samuel 2:19; Proverbs 31:19-24

    • Embroidered
      Proverbs 31:22

    • Made garments
      Acts 9:39

    • Gleaned
      Ruth 2:8

    • Kept vineyards
      Solomon 1:6

    • Tended flocks and herds
      Genesis 24:11,13,14,19,20; 29:9; Exodus 2:16

    • Worked in fields
      Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 26:6,8

    • Was a doorkeeper
      Matthew 26:69; John 18:16,17; Acts 12:13,14

  • PUNISHMENT INFLICTED UPON MEN FOR SEDUCING WOMEN:

    • When betrothed
      Deuteronomy 22:23-27

    • When not betrothed
      Exodus 22:16,17; Deuteronomy 22:28,29

  • WOMEN AS RULERS:

    • General References
      Isaiah 3:12

    • Deborah
      Judges 4:4

    • Athaliah
      2Kings 11:1-16; 2Chronicles 22:2,3,10-12

    • Queen of Sheba
      1Kings 10:1-13

    • Queen Candace
      Acts 8:27

    • A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king
      Nehemiah 2:6

  • PATRIOTIC WOMEN:

    • Miriam
      Exodus 15:20

    • Deborah
      Judges 5

    • The women of Israel
      1Samuel 18:6

    • The women of the Philistines
      2Samuel 1:20

  • WOMEN AS POETS:

    • Miriam
      Exodus 15:21

    • Deborah
      Judges 5

    • Hannah
      1Samuel 2:1-10

    • Elizabeth
      Luke 1:42-45

    • Mary
      Luke 1:46-55

  • WOMEN AS PROPHETS:

    • Miriam
      Exodus 15:20,21; Micah 6:4

    • Deborah
      Judges 4:4,5

    • Huldah
      2Kings 22:14-20; 2Chronicles 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 31:14-18,24

  • PROPERTY RIGHTS OF WOMEN:

    • In inheritance
      Numbers 27:1-11; 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 27:55,56; Mark 15:40,41

  • First at the gravesite
    Mark 15:46,47; 16:1-6; Luke 23:27,28,49,55,56; 24:1-10

  • First to whom the risen Lord appeared
    Mark 16:9; John 20:14-18

  • Converted by preaching of Paul
    Acts 16:14,15; 17:4,12,34

  • SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN:

    • In Persia
      Esther 1:10-22; Daniel 5:1-12

    • In Roman customs
      Acts 24:24; 25:13,23; 26:30

  • GOOD WOMEN:

    • Instances of:

      • Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader
        Judges 4; 5

      • Mother of Samson
        Judges 13:23

      • Naomi
        Ruth 1; 2; 3:1

      • Ruth
        Ruth 1:4,14-22, 2-4

      • Hannah, the mother of Samuel
        1Samuel 1:9-18,24-28

      • Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine
        1Kings 17:8-24

      • The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha
        2Kings 4:8-38

      • Vashti
        Esther 1:11,12

      • Esther
        Esther 4:15-17

      • Mary
        Luke 1:26-38

      • Elizabeth
        Luke 1:6,41-45

      • Anna
        Luke 2:37

      • The widow who put her two mites (small coins) 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 20:1,2,11-16

      • Pilate's wife
        Matthew 27:19

      • Dorcas (Tabitha)
        Acts 9:36

      • Lydia
        Acts 16:14

      • Priscilla
        Acts 18:26

      • Phoebe
        Romans 16:1,2

      • Julia
        Romans 16:15

      • Mary
        Romans 16:6

      • Lois and Eunice
        2Timothy 1:5

      • Philippians
        Philippians 4:3

    • Figurative:

      • Of the church of Christ
        Psalms 45:2-15; Galatians 4:26; Revelation 12:1

      • Of saints
        Matthew 25:1-4; 2Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 14:4

  • WICKED (EVIL) WOMEN:

    • General References
      2Kings 9:30-37; 23:7; Jeremiah 44:15-19,25; Ezekiel 8:14; Romans 1:26

    • Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
      2Kings 23:7; Hosea 4:13,14

    • Full of deceit and licentiousness
      Proverbs 2:16-19; 5:3-20; 6:24-29,32-35; 7:6-27; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ezekiel 16:32

    • Commits forgery
      1Kings 21:8

    • Silly and wayward
      2Timothy 3:6

    • Instances of:

      • Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband
        Genesis 3:6; 1Timothy 2:14

      • Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar
        Genesis 21:9-11; 21:12-21

      • 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

        • In stealing images
          Genesis 31:19,34
      • Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children
        Genesis 30:9-18

      • Dinah, in her fornication
        Genesis 34:1,2

      • 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 4:25,26

      • 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
        1Samuel 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
        2Samuel 6:16,20-23

      • Bathsheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer
        2Samuel 11:4,5,27; 12:9,10

      • Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon
        1Kings 11:1-11; Nehemiah 13:26

      • Jezebel:

        • In her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord
          1Kings 18:4,13

        • In her persecution of Elijah
          1Kings 19:2

        • In her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard
          1Kings 21:1-16
        • In her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab
          1Kings 21:25; 21:17-27

      • The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria
        2Kings 6:28,29

      • Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne
        2Kings 11:1-16; 2Chronicles 22:10,12; 23:12-15

      • The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah)
        2Kings 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; 6:13

      • Job's wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and die
        Job 2:9; 19:17

      • The adulterous wives of Hosea
        Hosea 1:2,3; 3:1

      • Herodias:

        • In her incestuous marriage with Herod
          Matthew 14:3,4; Mark 6:17-19; Luke 3:19
        • 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 17:4,18

      • Of evil people
        Isaiah 32:9,11; Matthew 25:1-13

    • Symbolic of wickedness
      Zechariah 5:7,8; Revelation 17; 19:2

  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    Genesis 2:18,21-24; 3:16; Esther 1:20-22; Proverbs 11:16,22; 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 19:13,14; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15,16; 30:21-23; 31:10-31; Ecclesiastes 7:26-28; Isaiah 3:16-24; 32:9-12; Ezekiel 13:17-23; 1Corinthians 11:3-15; 14:34,35; 1Timothy 2:9-15; 3:11; 5:1-16; 2Timothy 3:6,7; Titus 2:3-5


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