The scripture contains plenties of Bible verses about being a woman of God. You may be forced to ask, is Bible more important to women than men folk?
The Bible also contains scripture on how to be a good woman, a virtuous woman and a purposeful woman. Now let us look at what qualifies a woman as a woman of God.
Who is a woman of God?
A woman of God models the fruits of Christ for other women to emulate and lives a godly life. She’s purposeful and adventurous. She wears meekness and kindness as her apparel.
She mirrors Christ in her character and deeds, she’s a home-building, and she adds value to herself and her husband. She is morally minded and she adorns herself with the word of God.
This means acting and doing everything according to God’s tenets and principles as recorded in the Bible.
A woman of God embodies the fruits of Christ for other women to emulate and live a godly life.
Going to church as a woman does not make a woman be named after God but establishing a personal relationship with God does. If a woman does not live for God she will live for the devil and this will to a greater impact negatively on the life of other women.
In our modern time, people mock the ones that are too godly. They simply term it “too much” and this discourages the ones that are new in faith with Jesus Christ.
Bible Verses about being a Woman of God
A woman of God is a woman to be valued, respected, adored, cherish and loved by all. A woman of God models the fruits of Christ for other women to emulate and live a godly life.
Going to church as a woman does not make a woman be named after God but establishing a personal relationship with God does and exhibiting godly characteristics.
Although there have been diverse perceptions on who a woman of God should be and her carriage in the family, church, family and community. There’s a biblical standard of who a woman of God should be.
So, let me take us through these useful eleven Bible verses about being a woman of God. These verses will aid women to live in a way that pleases God and draw more women to positions of honor as women of God.
Proverbs 14:1 – She Builds her House
“The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.”
Proverbs 14:1
A good woman builds her house. She does everything advantageous for her husband and her household. She gratifies in activities that bring resources to her family and do not commit to an adventure that retrogressed the growth of her family and everyone around her.
Proverbs 19:13 – Pacifies an Angry Husband
“A foolish son is a ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.”
Proverbs 19:13
A sensitive woman knows rift and contempt tear apart a happy home, so, with her outspoken voice and meekness, she calms every turbulent situation in her home.
She’s like ice water, she quenches her husband’s temper, kicks out disharmony in her home and restores peace and normalcy in her household.
Proverbs 21:19 – She Maintains a Peaceful Home
“It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.”
Proverbs 21:19
A Woman of God understands the importance of peace in a family and she lives no stone unturned to ensure she instils peace in her family
She’s conversant with the fact that quarrelsome and a fretful woman diminishes her husband’s life span, so she preserves the life of the husband by living peacefully in her household for the general good of her family.
Proverbs 31:10 – She Knows her Worth and Value
“An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.”
Proverbs 31:10
A good woman makes an excellent wife. She is worth more than the jewels and there’s nothing of any value that can be compared to her.
She knows her value and stands for it even if it means doing away with friends that might make her worthless. She attends to every one of her needs and makes her life worth living. She earns respect everywhere she goes.
1st Timothy 3:11 – She is Meek and Soft Spoken
“Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.”
1st Timothy 3:11
A meek and soft-spoken woman is dignified in Character and all her dealings with people. She carries herself with honour and “…do not dare to offer hearing ears to malicious gossip, illicit flirtations, slander of the innocent, or offers of stolen goods.” Psalm 1.
Pomposity, arrogance and pride are not found in the characteristics of a woman of God.
1st Timothy 2:9-10 – She Adorns herself with Godliness – Good works
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire. But with what is proper for women who profess godliness — with good works.”
1st Timothy 2:9-10
Apart from braided hair, gold or pearls or costly attires which only represent external beauty, a good woman possesses an inward beauty of respect, and modesty and professes godliness with her good character.
Deborah’s story tells it all. She was full of good works, and although she died an untimely death, she was brought back to life because of the pleas of the good seeds she sowed during her hay days.
There are still women in our today’s society that are proclaiming good work in charity. Deborah and Proverbs 31 woman is a continuum for good works as recorded in the scripture.
Proverbs 31:30 – She Fears the Lord
“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30
A woman of God fears the Lord, keeps his precepts and also shows others accurate ways to remain referential to Him no matter the circumstances with or without the presence of anyone.
She acknowledges the fact that physical beauty is vanity when it doesn’t stems inwardly, she fears the lord in her daily life and receives praise from other followers of Christ as her reward.
1st Timothy 2:9-15 – She Learns Quietly in Church
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness — with good works. Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing — if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.”
1st Timothy 2:9-15
This portion of the Bible believes that God’s first handwork of creation was a man followed by a woman, so women are not supposed to talk in the church rather they should remain silent and also that the woman allowed the serpent to deceive her, she did not keep to her side of the instructions God gave her regarding his work of creation.
Although there has been a conflict of understanding the above, scripture, a good woman knows when to act and function in the church, as well as when to remain silent and ask for elucidations from the husband at home.
1st Peter 3:1-7 – has a Good Heart
“Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external — the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear — but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
1st Peter 3:1-7
This portion of the Bible exemplifies true submission with the life Sarah lived with Abraham. She called him “My Lord”. Some names are invented by godly women in the Bible even in today’s world that depict the value they placed on their husbands.
This should act as a model for other Christians to follow. Pet names increase the love of the husband for the wife. She is compassionate to her household and all that come in contact with her.
Proverbs 12:4 – She Honors Her Husband
“An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.”
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of God is an excellent woman. She makes the husband’s crown. She simply understands the principles that surround divine union and marriage. She is conversant with the knowledge that a husband and his wife are intertwined and if she disgraces her husband, she disgraces herself.
The understanding of this made honouring her husband simple and applicable at all times.
Titus 2:3-5 – She lives an Exemplary Life even in her Old Age
“Older women likewise are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be reviled.”
Titus 2:3-5
A woman of God that is advanced in age lives by example to baby female Christians. She is a fountain of knowledge where the younger generations draw a wealth of knowledge, virtues and purposeful living from
She’s a role model to many and she’s respected, adored and served by her mentees.
What does the Bible Say about a Godly Woman?
A godly woman lives a purposeful and adventurous life and she’s priceless, blessed and valued just like the proverbs 31 woman. Like Esther, She lived an obedient life and she’s clothed with wisdom, discernment and armour of prayers.
End Notes
Women of God in times of old lived a fulfilling life and they made it count. Women like Esther, Abigail, Mary and so many others lived an exemplary life that reflected in the way they lived in their generations and the impact they left behind.
A woman of God lives according to biblical precepts and laws. A woman of God lives an exemplary life that speaks volumes even in her absence.
