the role of the older woman

Genesis Chapter 2:18

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

Proverbs Chapter 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Proverbs Chapter 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Proverbs Chapter 31:10

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Proverbs Chapter 31:11

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

Proverbs Chapter 31:12

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Proverbs Chapter 31:13

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Proverbs Chapter 31:14

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Proverbs Chapter 31:15

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Proverbs Chapter 31:16

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Proverbs Chapter 31:17

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Proverbs Chapter 31:18

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

Proverbs Chapter 31:19

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

Proverbs Chapter 31:20

She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Proverbs Chapter 31:21

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

Proverbs Chapter 31:22

She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

Proverbs Chapter 31:23

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

Proverbs Chapter 31:24

She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

Proverbs Chapter 31:25

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Proverbs Chapter 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Proverbs Chapter 31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Proverbs Chapter 31:28

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Proverbs Chapter 31:29

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

Proverbs Chapter 31:30

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Proverbs Chapter 31:31

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Acts Chapter 18:26

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

1 Corinthians Chapter 11:3

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.

Galatians Chapter 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:9

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

1 Timothy Chapter 2:10

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:11

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:12

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:13

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:14

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

1 Timothy Chapter 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

1 Timothy Chapter 3:11

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:1

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

1 Timothy Chapter 5:2

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

2 Timothy Chapter 1:5

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Titus Chapter 2:3

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Titus Chapter 2:4

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus Chapter 2:5

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

1 Peter Chapter 3:1

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

1 Peter Chapter 3:2

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.