Bible verses about "womanhood" | Wycliffe

⁹ Lord, not to vs, not to vs; but yyue thou glorie to thi name.

³⁸ And it was don, while thei wenten, he entride in to a castel; and a womman, Martha bi name, resseyuede hym in to hir hous. ³⁹ And to this was a sistir, Marie bi name, which also sat bisidis the feet of the Lord, and herde his word. ⁴⁰ But Martha bisiede aboute the ofte seruyce. And sche stood, and seide, Lord, takist thou no kepe, that my sistir hath left me aloone to serue? therfor seie thou to hir, that sche helpe me. ⁴¹ And the Lord answerde, and seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou art bysi, and art troublid aboute ful many thingis; ⁴² but o thing is necessarie.

³⁶ And Anna was a prophetesse, the douytir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene yeer fro hir maydynhode. ³⁷ And this was a widewe to foure scoor yeer and foure; and sche departide not fro the temple, but seruyde to God nyyt and dai in fastyngis and preieris. ³⁸ And this cam vpon hem in thilk our, and knoulechide to the Lord, and spak of hym to alle that abiden the redempcioun of Israel.

¹² Forwhi as the womman is of man, so the man is bi the womman; but alle thingis ben of God.

²⁸ Ther is no Jewe, ne Greke, ne bond man, ne fre man, ne male, ne female; for alle ye ben oon in `Jhesu Crist.

²² Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis, ²³ as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi. ²⁴ But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.

³ But Y wole that ye wite, that Crist is heed of ech man; but the heed of the womman is the man; and the heed of Crist is God.

⁷ Also men dwelle togidre, and bi kunnyng yyue ye onoure to the wommanus freeltee, as to the more feble, and as to euen eiris of grace and of lijf, that youre preieris be not lettid.

²⁷ And God made of nouyt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouyt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouyt hem, male and female.

¹¹ And Y hilide my soule with fastyng; and it was maad in to schenschip to me.

²² He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.

³ also olde wymmen in hooli abite, not sclaundereris, not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence. ⁴ Moneste thou yonge wymmen, that thei loue here hosebondis, that thei loue her children; ⁵ and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd.

¹ Also wymmen be thei suget to her hosebondis; that if ony man bileue not to the word, bi the conuersacioun of wymmen thei be wonnun with out word.

⁵ For so sumtyme hooli wymmen hopinge in God ourneden hem silf, and weren suget to her owne hosebondis.

¹⁶ Also God seide to the womman, Y schal multiplie thi wretchidnessis and thi conseyuyngis; in sorewe thou schalt bere thi children; and thou schalt be vndur power of the hosebonde, and he schal be lord of thee.

¹⁴ Housis and richessis ben youun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is youun propirli of the Lord.

²² A goldun `sercle, ether ryng, in the `nose thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool.

¹⁰ Who schal fynde a stronge womman? the prijs of her is fer, and fro the laste endis. ¹¹ The herte of hir hosebond tristith in hir; and sche schal not haue nede to spuylis. ¹² Sche schal yelde to hym good, and not yuel, in alle the daies of hir lijf. ¹³ Sche souyte wolle and flex; and wrouyte bi the counsel of hir hondis. ¹⁴ Sche is maad as the schip of a marchaunt, that berith his breed fro fer. ¹⁵ And sche roos bi nyyt, and yaf prey to hir meyneals, and metis to hir handmaidis. ¹⁶ Sche bihelde a feeld, and bouyte it; of the fruyt of hir hondis sche plauntide a vyner. ¹⁷ Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made strong hir arm. ¹⁸ Sche taastide, and siy, that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niyt. ¹⁹ Sche putte hir hondis to stronge thingis, and hir fyngris token the spyndil. ²⁰ Sche openyde hir hond to a nedi man, and stretchide forth hir hondis to a pore man. ²¹ Sche schal not drede for hir hous of the cooldis of snow; for alle hir meyneals ben clothid with double clothis. ²² Sche made to hir a ray cloth; bijs and purpur is the cloth of hir. ²³ Hir hosebonde is noble in the yatis, whanne he sittith with the senatours of erthe. ²⁴ Sche made lynnun cloth, and selde; and yaf a girdil to a Chananei. ²⁵ Strengthe and fairnesse is the clothing of hir; and sche schal leiye in the laste dai. ²⁶ Sche openyde hir mouth to wisdom; and the lawe of merci is in hir tunge. ²⁷ Sche bihelde the pathis of hir hous; and sche eet not breed idili. ²⁸ Hir sones risiden, and prechiden hir moost blessid; hir hosebonde roos, and preiside hir. ²⁹ Many douytris gaderiden richessis; thou passidist alle. ³⁰ Fairnesse is disseiuable grace, and veyn; thilke womman, that dredith the Lord, schal be preisid. ³¹ Yyue ye to hir of the fruyt of hir hondis; and hir werkis preise hir in the yatis.

¹ A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid.