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30 Bible Verses On Women’S Leadership

  1. Judges 4:4 (NIV):

    “Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.’ “

  2. Exodus 15:20 (NIV):

    “Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.’ “

  3. Proverbs 31:10 (NIV):

    “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.’ “

  4. Proverbs 31:26 (NIV):

    “She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.’ “

  5. Proverbs 31:30 (NIV):

    “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.’ “

  6. Luke 8:1-3 (NIV):

    “After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.’ “

  7. Acts 16:14-15 (NIV):

    “One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. ‘If you consider me a believer in the Lord,’ she said, ‘come and stay at my house.’ And she persuaded us.’ “

  8. Romans 16:1-2 (NIV):

    “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.’ “

  9. Romans 16:3-4 (NIV):

    “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.’ “

  10. Romans 16:6 (NIV):

    “Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.’ “

  11. Romans 16:12 (NIV):

    “Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.’ “

  12. 1 Corinthians 11:5 (NIV):

    “And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved.’ “

  13. 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (NIV):

    “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.’ “

  14. Galatians 3:28 (NIV):

    “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’ “

  15. Acts 18:24-26 (NIV):

    “Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.’ “

  16. Exodus 38:8 (NIV):

    “They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.’ “

  17. 2 Kings 22:14 (NIV):

    “Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.’ “

  18. Joel 2:28 (NIV):

    “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.’ “

  19. Titus 2:3-5 (NIV):

    “Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.’ “

  20. 2 Timothy 1:5 (NIV):

    “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.’ “

  21. Proverbs 31:16 (NIV):

    “She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings, she plants a vineyard.’ “

  22. Proverbs 31:20 (NIV):

    “She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.’ “

  23. Proverbs 31:27 (NIV):

    “She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.’ “

  24. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 (NIV):

    “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.’ “

  25. 1 Peter 3:1-6 (NIV):

    “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. 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. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.’ “

  26. Romans 16:6 (NIV):

    “Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.’ “

  27. Romans 16:12 (NIV):

    “Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.’ “

  28. Proverbs 31:25 (NIV):

    “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.’ “

  29. 1 Timothy 3:11 (NIV):

    “In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.’ “

  30. 1 Corinthians 14:34 (NIV):

    “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.’ “