32 Bible Verses about Women's Strength

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

She equips herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task]
And makes her arms strong.

Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure;
And she smiles at the future [knowing that she and her family are prepared].

A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones.

He will be determined to come with the power of his entire kingdom, and propose equitable conditions and terms of peace, which he will put into effect [by making an agreement with the king of the South]. He will also give him his daughter (Cleopatra I), in an attempt to overthrow the kingdom, but it will not succeed or be to his advantage.

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and disgrace; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;
They remain in their strongholds.
Their strength and power have failed;
They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.
Their dwelling places are set on fire;
The bars on her gates are broken.

Now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do for you whatever you ask, since all my people in the city know that you are a woman of excellence.

As a woman with child approaches the time to give birth,
She is in pain and struggles and cries out in her labor,
So we were before You, O Lord.

What, O my son?
And what, O son of my womb?
And what [shall I advise you], O son of my vows?

She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently];
With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.

but if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her long hair is given to her as a covering.

Last of all, the woman died.

“Many daughters have done nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness],
But you excel them all.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies and with what you may be bound and subdued.”

Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
But much revenue [because of good crops] comes by the strength of the ox.

Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst!
The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies;
Fire consumes the bars across your gates.

Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,
And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;

but instead adorned by good deeds [helping others], as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?

By faith even Sarah herself received the ability to conceive [a child], even [when she was long] past the normal age for it, because she considered Him who had given her the promise to be reliable and true [to His word].

The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan];
The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

An excellent woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her?
Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls.

The days of our life are seventy years—
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.

If the person is sixty years old and above, your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male, and ten shekels for the female.

Both young men and virgins;
Old men and children.

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

In the [reverent] fear of the Lord there is strong confidence,
And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.

A gracious and good woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].