Here are 45 Bible verses about a good woman from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 12:4 KJV
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 31:15 KJV
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Proverbs 3:15 KJV
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Ruth 3:11 KJV
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Deuteronomy 22:13 KJV
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
Genesis 2:22 KJV
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Proverbs 21:19 KJV
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 31:23 KJV
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Proverbs 7:26 KJV
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 31:16 KJV
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
1 Corinthians 7:1 KJV
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Proverbs 31:11 KJV
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
1 Corinthians 11:11 KJV
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:8 KJV
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
1 Corinthians 11:12 KJV
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Proverbs 11:22 KJV
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Proverbs 31:17 KJV
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
1 Corinthians 11:9 KJV
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Proverbs 31:10 KJV
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 19:14 KJV
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
1 Samuel 25:3 KJV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Proverbs 31:30 KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Proverbs 18:22 KJV
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Genesis 2:18 KJV
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
1 Corinthians 11:7 KJV
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 7:34 KJV
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Proverbs 31:18 KJV
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Psalms 68:11 KJV
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Proverbs 31:3 KJV
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Proverbs 31:27 KJV
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 31:31 KJV
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Proverbs 31:26 KJV
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs 14:1 KJV
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Proverbs 7:11 KJV
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs 31:12 KJV
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:25 KJV
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 KJV
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Proverbs 9:13 KJV
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Titus 2:5 KJV
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Job 14:1 KJV
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
1 Peter 3:5 KJV
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Matthew 22:28 KJV
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
1 Timothy 2:13 KJV
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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