The Creation of Woman

Genesis 2:18 - 24

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Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement." So the Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found as his complement. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. Then the Lord God made the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. And the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken from man." This is why a man leaves his father and mothers and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. 

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The Fall (of Woman)

Genesis 3:16

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He said to the woman: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children in anguish. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you. 

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Women's Regulations about Vows

Numbers chapter 30

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Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, "This is what the Lord has commanded: ....When a woman in her father's house during her youth makes a vow to the Lord or puts herself under an obligation, and her father hears about her vow or the obligation she put herself under, and he says nothing to her, all her vows and every obligation she put herself under are binding. But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The Lord will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

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If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding, and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding. But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the Lord will forgive her.

Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her. 

If a woman in her husband's house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, and her husband hears about it, says nothing to her, and does not prohibit her, all her vows are binding, and every obligation she put herself under is binding. But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about it, nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband canceled them, and the Lord will absolve her. Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself. If her husband says nothing at all to her form day to day, he confirms all her vows and obligations, which are binding. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her when he heard about them. But if he cancels them after he hears about them, he will be responsible for her commitment."

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These are the statues that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, or between a father and his daughter in his house during her youth.

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Esther 1:20 - The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands from the least to the greatest.

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22 - He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language, that every man should be master of his own house and speak in the language of his own people.

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Esther 2:20 - Esther still had not revealed her birthplace or her ethnic background, as Mordecai had directed. She obeyed Mordecai's orders, as she always had while he raised her.

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Proverbs 11:16 - A gracious woman gains honor, but violent men gain only riches.

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22 - A beautiful woman who rejects good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

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Proverbs 12:4 - A capable wife is her husband's crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

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Proverbs 14:1 - Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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Proverbs 18:22 - A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. 

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Proverbs 19:13 - A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a wife's nagging is an endless dripping.

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14 - A house and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a sensible wife is from the Lord.

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Proverbs 12:10 - Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

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19 - Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

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Proverbs 27:15 - An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.

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16 - The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.

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Proverbs 31:10-31 - Who can find a capable wife? She is far more precious than jewels.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will not lack anything good. 

She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life. 

She selects wool and flax and works with willing hands. 

She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from far away.

She rises while it is still night and provides food for her household and portions for her female servants. 

She evaluates a field and buys it, she plants a vineyard with her earnings.

She draws on her strength and reveals that her arms are strong.

She sees that her profits are good, and her lamp never goes out at night.

She extends her hands to the spinning staff, and her hands hold the spindle. 

Her hands reach out to the poor, and she extends her hands to the needy.

She is not afraid for her household when it snows, for all her household are doubly clothed.

She makes her own bed coverings; her clothing is fine linen and purple. 

Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land. 

She makes and sells linen garments; she delivers belts to the merchants. 

Strength and  honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the time to come. 

She opens her mouth with wisdom and loving instruction is on her tongue. 

She watches over the activities of her household and is never idle. 

Her sons rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

"Many women are capable, but you surpass them all!"

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised. 

Give her the reward of her labor, and let her works praise her at the city gates. 

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Song of Songs 2:7 - Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.

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Song of Songs 3:5 - Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.

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Song of Songs 8:4 - Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time.

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Isaiah 3:12 - Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they confuse the direction of your paths.

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16 - 24 - The Lord also says: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with heads held high and seductive eyes, going along with prancing steps, jingling their ankle bracelets, the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare. On that day the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents, pendants, bracelets, veils, headdresses, ankle jewelry, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets, signet rings, nose rings, festive robes, capes, cloaks, purses, garments, linen clothes, turbans and veils. Instead of perfume there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of beautifully styled hair, badness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding. 

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Isaiah 4:1 - On that day seven women will seize one man, saying, "We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace."

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Isaiah 19:16 - On that day Egypt will be like women. She will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Hosts when He raises it against her. 

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Isaiah 32:9 - 13 - Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters. In a little more than a year you overconfident ones will shudder, for the vintage will fail and the harvest will not come. Shudder, you complacent ones; tremble, you overconfident ones! Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. Beat your breasts in mourning for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines, for the ground of my people growing thorns and briers, indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city. 

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Isaiah 54:5 - Indeed, your husband is your Maker - His name is Yahweh of Hosts - and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. 

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Jeremiah 2:33 - How skillfully you pursue love; you also teach evil women your ways. 

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Jeremiah 9:20-21 - Now hear the word of the Lord, you women. Pay attention to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another a dirge, for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares. 

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Lamentations 3:51 - My eyes bring me grief because of the fate of all the women in my city. 

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Amos 4:1-3 - Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, "Bring us something to drink." The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you with fishhooks. You will go through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be driven along toward Harmon. This is the Lord's declaration. 

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Micah 2:9 - You force the women of My people out of their comfortable homes, and you take My blessing from their children forever. 

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Matthew 19:6-12 - So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate." "Why then," they asked Him, "did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?" He told them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that form the beginning. And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immortality, and marries another, commits adultery."His disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it's better not to marry!" But He told them, "Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to. For there are eunuchs who were born that way form their mother's womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

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Mark 15:41 - When He was in Galilee, they would follow Him and help Him, had come up with Him to Jerusalem.

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Luke 1:45 - She who has believed is blessed because of what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!"

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Romans 7:2 - For example, a married woman is legally bound to  her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, s he is released from the law regarding the husband. 

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1 Corinthians 7:3-5 - A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does. Do not deprive one another sexually-except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 

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10-11 - I command the married-not I, but the Lord- a wife is not to leave her husband. But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband-and a husband is not to leave his wife. 

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13 - Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not leave her husband. 

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34 - and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world-how she may please her husband. 

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39-40 - A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants-only in the Lord. But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I thin that I also have the Spirit of God. 

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1 Corinthians 11:3-16 - But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ. Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. So if a woman's head is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered. A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God's image and glory, but woman is man's glory. For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man. And man was not created for woman, but woman for man. This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman. For just as woman came from man, so man come through woman, and all things come from God. Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her flory? For her hair is given to her as a covering. But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God. 

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1 Corinthians 14:34 - the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church meeting. 

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Ephesians 5:22 - 24 - Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. 

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33 - To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband. 

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Colossians 3:18 - Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting to the Lord. 

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1 Timothy 2:9-13 - Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God. A woman should learn in silence with full submission. I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent. For Adam was created first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgement. 

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1 Timothy 3:11 - Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything. 

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1 Timothy 4:9-16 - No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband, and is well known for good works-that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints' feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work. But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry and will therefore received condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge. At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, they are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn't say. Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity yo accuse us. For some have already turned away to follow Satan. If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them, and the church should not be burdened, so that it can help those who are genuinely widows. 

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Titus 2:3-5 - In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good, so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God's message will not be slandered. 

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1 Peter 3:1-6 - In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over without a message by the way their wives live when they observe your pure, reverent lives. Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate clothes. Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God's eyes. For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also beautified themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and are not frightened by anything alarming. 

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2 John 1:5 - So now I urge you, dear lady-not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning-that we love one another.