20 Bible Verses about Women Working

to be serious-minded, pure, homemakers, good, submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands. She is like the merchant ships: she brings her bread from afar.read more.
She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens. She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out by night.

Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left.

And all the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.

The sons of Israel brought a freewill-offering to LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which LORD had commanded to be made by Moses.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwife comes to them.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

LORD gave the word. Great [was] the company of those who published [it].

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel. Only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to act autonomously from a man, but to be in quietness.

Yet hear the word of LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her neighbor lamentation.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.

Wives, be ye submissive to your own husbands as is proper in Lord.

When LORD spoke at the first by Hosea, LORD said to Hosea, Go, take to thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom, departing from LORD.

She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant.

And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband [also], and he praises her.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.