Bible verses about "queens" | CAB

²² And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

¹ Now the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to test him with riddles.

¹⁹ And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, and he gave him his wife's sister in marriage, the elder sister of Tahpenes.

⁶ And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will your journey be, and when will you return? And the proposal was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.

²⁵ Thus says the Lord God of Israel; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her. Full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed them.

¹⁸ Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke Me to anger.

⁴² The queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and she shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

³¹ The queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed one greater than Solomon is here.

²⁷ And arising, he went; and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a court official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem worshipping,

⁹ Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

¹⁷ And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins, and he put on her the queen's crown.

¹⁰ Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Zethar, Abagtha, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs, servants of King Artaxerxes, ¹¹ to bring the queen in to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations, for she was beautiful. ¹² But Queen Vashti hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains, so the king was grieved and angered. ¹³ And he said to his friends, Thus has Vashti spoken: pronounce therefore upon this case law and judgment. ¹⁴ So Carshena, Shethar, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief in rank by the king, drew near to him, ¹⁵ and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to Queen Vashti, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the eunuchs. ¹⁶ And Memucan said to the king and to the princes, Queen Vashti has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes, ¹⁷ for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, he said, she refused to obey King Artaxerxes, ¹⁸ so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonor their husbands. ¹⁹ If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it. And let not the queen come in to him anymore, and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she. ²⁰ And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed in his kingdom. And so shall all the women give honor to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich. ²¹ And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said, ²² and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.

⁹ Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where King Artaxerxes dwelt.

¹¹ to bring the queen in to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations, for she was beautiful.

¹ Now the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to test him with riddles. ² And she came to Jerusalem with a very great company. And there came camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart. ³ And Solomon answered all her questions. And there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her. ⁴ And the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built, ⁵ and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his clothing, and his cup-bearers, and his whole burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed. ⁶ And she said to King Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of your words and your wisdom. ⁷ But I did not believe those that told it to me, until I came and my eyes saw: and behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half of it; you have exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land. ⁸ Blessed are your wives, blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually, who hear all your wisdom. ⁹ Blessed be the Lord your God, who has taken pleasure in you, to set you upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him forever; and He has made you king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes. ¹⁰ And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones; there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. ¹¹ And the ships of Hiram which brought the gold from Ophir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones. ¹² And the king made the hewn timber into buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers; such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day. ¹³ And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of King Solomon. And she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.