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WOMEN

• 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

    • See VAIL

  • 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

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• 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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