God’s Word is full of Empowering Bible Verses for Women. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament, we learn of God’s love for His precious creation, women. So, in this devotional, we’ll open up the Holy Bible and read some scripture quotations just for women.
Encouraging Bible Verses for Women
Being a faithful woman isn’t always easy. Sometimes it’s downright hard.
But God wants to encourage us during these times. So, in each of the following encouraging Bible verses for women, we’ll feel just how much God loves us and be inspired to live our daily lives as holy women seeking a closer relationship with the One True God who cares deeply for us.
I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.
Psalm 91:16 NLT
Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
Psalm 143:8 NIV
The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Proverbs 4:18 NIV
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
Isaiah 60:1 NIV
for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Best Bible Verses on Being a Godly Woman
Proverbs 31:30 is my personal favorite verse about women. It describes what it truly means to be a Godly woman. It’s about honoring and praising God no matter what is going on in our lives. Because let’s face it, life is hard. And when we’re on the rollercoaster of highs and lows, we sometimes forget that God is with us.
So, let each of these scriptures about being a Godly woman catapult your faith ahead of the next low point and help you focus on what truly matters. Because God promises us that when we honor Him, He will honor us.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day
Psalm 46:5 NIV
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke 1:45 KJV
She extends her hand to the poor,
Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of snow for her household,
For all her household is clothed with scarlet.
Proverbs 31:20–21 NKJV
A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.
Proverbs 11:16 NKJV
She is more precious than rubies,
And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.
Proverbs 3:15 NKJV
She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:12 NLT
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
Favorite Bible Verses about Strong Women
There is a lot of emphases placed on being a strong woman in our society. The world tells us that we can do anything if we put our minds to it. And that we will succeed simply because we are female. Girl power, hear me roar!
But God sees the idea of a strong woman a little differently. Instead of it being about what we do as women, it’s about who we place our trust in. And if you guessed, God, you win the prize!
Because putting your trust in God and letting Him take the lead gives you the ability to look the world in the eye and laugh at the future just like the Proverbs 31 woman you’ll read about in a minute.
She is the model of a strong woman we should follow. She prays and asks God for help, honors her husband, takes care of her family, and is faithful in both her work and belief.
Let’s follow her example and live a life of faith that will honor God and bless us for being the strong women we are in Christ!
And in case you’re wondering… I love a little girl power too!
She considers a field and buys it;
From her profits she plants a vineyard.
She girds herself with strength,
And strengthens her arms.
Proverbs 31:16–17 NKJV
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
Proverbs 31:25 NLT
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 KJV
The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
Psalm 118:14 NKJV
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ephesians 6:10 KJV
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2 KJV
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29 NKJV
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 KJV
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1 KJV
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
But you, Lord, do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Psalm 22:19 NIV
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13 NKJV
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 NKJV
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.
Psalm 118:14 NKJV
Read more in this Devotional: Healing Scriptures for Comfort and Strength
Powerful Women in the Bible
The stories of strong women in the Bible remind us how to be a woman of faith and a powerful influence on those around us.
As you read these specific scriptures about powerful women in the Bible, I pray you will see how their story impacts your life today. And they will help you become a strong woman of God.
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:16-18 NIV
After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Then Boaz asked his foreman, “Who is that young woman over there? Who does she belong to?”
And the foreman replied, “She is the young woman from Moab who came back with Naomi. She asked me this morning if she could gather grain behind the harvesters. She has been hard at work ever since, except for a few minutes’ rest in the shelter.
Ruth 2:5-7 NLT
Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
“Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges 4:9 NIV
So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Esther 9:29 NIV
Read more in this Bible Study: Trusting God Even When It Doesn’t Make Sense
Bible Verses about the Beauty of a Woman
All women struggle with negative thoughts about how we look. We say things to ourselves like, “my thighs are too fat”, or “my hair is flat and stringy”.
Even though we may never completely let go of these self-sabotaging thoughts, the Word of God tells us that beauty is only skin deep. And in God’s eyes, we are exactly the way He made us to be. Because we were created in His image and for His glory!
The following Bible verses about women’s beauty teach us that being a confident woman of faith doesn’t involve braiding of hair or wearing flashy jewelry for attention. It’s trusting in God and following His plan for our life that will overcome those negative thoughts and put us on the narrow path.
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV
Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes.
1 Peter 3:3 NLT
in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.
1 Timothy 2:9-10 NKJV
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
Proverbs 11:22 NIV
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27 NIV
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalm 139:14 KJV
We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 5:12 ESV
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Beautiful Bible Verses about the Heart of a Woman
Beautiful women have a secret. It’s one we all want to know… It isn’t a special cream to put on your face at night, or an exercise program to get you in shape fast.
These women understand a different kind of beauty. So, what’s their secret?
They know it’s our heart that God is after. And the blessing of giving your heart to Him is seen in these Bible verses about the heart of a woman.
So, store them in your heart and God will bless you beyond measure.
Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 NIV
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:20 NIV
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
2 Chronicles 16:9 NIV
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 NIV
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6 NIV
So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:6-7 NKJV
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
“I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”
Jeremiah 17:10 NIV
Inspiring Bible Verses about a Wise Woman
Real wisdom begins with knowing God and following His will for your life. Without that most basic foundation of faith, everything else falls apart.
So, in these Bible verses about a wise woman, we’ll discover the cornerstone of wisdom and what it means to be wise in God’s eyes.
The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 31:26 NKJV
Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly.
Proverbs 3:18 NLT
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 NIV
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Exodus 15:2 NKJV
Lovely Bible Verses about the Value of a Woman
Gender roles are a controversial topic these days. And I’m sure we could debate it at length.
However, the Bible is clear that God created both men and women to be equal but different.
In these next Bible verses about women’s roles, we read that our value as women isn’t defined by gender, but instead by our God-given calling.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.
Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.
1 Timothy 5:2 NLT
And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis 2:23 NKJV
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10 NLT
Read more in this Bible Study: You Are God’s Masterpiece
Short Bible Verses about Hope for Women
If we’re completely honest, doubt sometimes creeps into our minds.
But our hope in Jesus Christ is always secure. Not because of us or what we can do, but because of who Jesus is and what He has already done for us.
The next scriptures about hope for women are short and sweet. And each verse is sure to fill you with hope for those moments when doubt sneaks up on you.
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 33:22 NIV
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:19 NIV
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:35 NIV
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 NKJV
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33 KJV
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 KJV
Read more in this Devotional: Essential Bible Verses about Hope
Wonderful Bible Verses for Wives
The idea of a submissive wife is something the world scorns. They see it as being weak instead of the way God intended it to be.
The Holy Bible lays it out beautifully. Being an excellent wife starts with loving God and following His lead. Then, allow your husband to be the head of the household. He in turn loves his wife the way that Jesus Christ loved the church and died for her.
It’s a win-win for both husband and wife. And I pray these scriptures for wives will help you to understand the loving relationship between a husband and wife, and the mirror image of Christ’s love for you!
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
Proverbs 12:4 NIV
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:13 ESV
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:9 ESV
His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.
Song of Songs 8:3 NIV
Better to dwell in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 21:19 NKJV
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
1 Peter 3:1-2 NIV
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:22-23 NKJV
the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
Titus 2:3-5 NKJV
Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
1 Timothy 2:11-15 NKJV
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:3 NIV
I truly hope these Empowering Bible Verses for Women have inspired you to be the woman of faith God created you to be!
May our loving Heavenly Father shower you with blessings and grace today!
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