(A) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS relating to (Select Reading Prov. 31)

Pr 31:1-31



(1) Creation and Temptation of



Ge 1:27; 2:22; 3:1,6,13; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14



(2) Rights of



Nu 27:1-8



(3) The Subjection of



Ge 3:16; 1Co 11:3; 14:34; Eph 5:22; 1Ti 2:11; 1Pe 3:1,5



(4) As Wives



Ge 2:18,24; Ps 128:3; Pr 12:4; 18:22; 19:14; 31:11



(5) Examples of the Persistence of



-- Delilah

Jud 16:16



-- The Shunammite

2Ki 4:30



-- The Syrophenician

Mr 7:26



-- The Widow

Lu 18:5



--, Duties of. SEE Wives Duties, HOME



(B) WORK OF



(1) Manual Labour



Ex 35:25; Ru 2:7; 1Sa 8:13; Pr 31:13,24



(2) As Housekeepers



Ge 27:9; 1Sa 8:13; Pr 31:15; Lu 10:40



(3) Various Other fields of Activity



In Beautifying the tabernacle

Ex 35:25



-- acting as judges

Jud 4:4; 5:7



-- motherly duties

1Sa 2:19; 2KI 4:20



-- meeting an emergency and saving her household

1Sa 25:18



-- Philanthropy

Ac 9:36



-- serving the church

Ro 16:1,6; Php 4:3



(C) WOMAN'S MINISTRY, special sympathetic service rendered



Hospitality to the Prophet

2Ki 4:10



Kindness to the Poor

Pr 31:20



Contributing to Christ's Comfort

Mt 27:55,56



Anointing Christ

Mr 14:3



Washing the Saviour's Feet

Lu 7:37,38



Serving the Church

Ro 16:1,2



Co-Labourers with Paul

Ro 16:3,6,12; 1Ti 5:10



(D) PROPHETESSES, examples of



-- Miriam

Ex 15:20



-- Deborah

Jud 4:4



-- Huldah

2Ki 22:14



-- Noadiah

Ne 6:14



-- Anna

Lu 2:36



-- Daughters of Philip

Ac 21:9



(E) CHURCH WORKERS, general references to



-- Priscilla

Ac 18:26; Ro 16:3



-- Phebe

Ro 16:1,2



-- others

Php 4:3



-- As Queens. SEE Athaliah, ATHALIAH

Esther, ESTHER

Jezebel, JEZEBEL

Queen of Sheba, SHEBA, QUEEN OF



(F) NOTABLE WOMEN, characteristics of



Eve, the woman of curiosity

Ge 3:6



Hagar, the discarded wife SEE Hagar, HAGAR

Ge 21:14-19



Miriam, the ambitious woman SEE Miriam, MIRIAM

Nu 12:1,2



Deborah, the patriotic woman SEE Deborah, DEBORAH

Jud 4:4



Ruth, the woman of constancy SEE Ruth, ROSE

Ru 1:16



Hannah, the ideal mother SEE Hannah, HANNAH

1Sa 1:20; 2:19



Abigail, the capable woman SEE Abigail, ABIGAIL

1Sa 25:3



The Shunammite, the hospitable woman

2Ki 4:8-10



Esther, the self-sacrificing woman SEE Esther, ESTHER

Es 4:16



The Syrophenician, the woman of faith

Mt 15:28



Mary Magdalene, the transformed woman SEE Mary (b), MARY

Mr 16:1,9



Elisabeth, the humble woman SEE Elisabeth, ELISABETH

Lu 1:43



Mary, the woman chosen of God SEE Mary (a), MARY

Lu 1:30-38



Mary of Bethany, the woman immortalized by Christ

Mt 26:13; Lu 10:42

SEE Mary (c), MARY



Martha, the worried housekeeper SEE Martha, MARTHA

Lu 10:40



The Woman Evangelist

Joh 4:29



Dorcas, the benevolent seamstress SEE Dorcas, DORCAS

Ac 9:36



Lydia, the business woman

Ac 16:14,15



(G) SOME SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS OF WOMEN



Last at the Cross

Mr 15:47



First at the tomb

Joh 20:1



First to proclaim the resurrection

Mt 28:8



First preacher to the Jews

Lu 2:37,38



Attended the first prayer-meeting

Ac 1:14



First to greet Christian Missionaries (Paul and Silas) in Europe

Ac 16:13



First European convert

Ac 16:14



(H) SUFFERINGS OF



(1) Incident to Motherhood



Ge 3:16; 35:16; Isa 13:8; 42:14; Joh 16:21; 1Th 5:3



(2) As Widows



Ru 1:3; 1Ki 17:9; 2Ki 4:1; Mr 12:42; Lu 2:37; 7:12; 18:3

Ac 6:1; 9:39



-- in Maternal Solicitude. SEE Maternal Love, HOME

Solicitude, HOME



(I) CROWNING QUALITIES OF WOMANHOOD



(1) A Devotional Spirit



1Sa 1:15; 2Ki 22:14; Es 4:16; Lu 1:25,38,46; 2:36; 10:42

Ac 16:14; Ro 16:1,12



(2) Modesty



Ge 24:65; Es 1:11,12; 1Ti 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:1,2



(3) Liberality



Ex 35:25; Pr 31:20; Lu 8:2,3; 21:2-4; Joh 12:3; Ac 9:39



(4) Wisdom and Virtue



Pr 11:16; 12:4; 14:1; 31:10,30



--, For Love of, See HOME

--, Sympathy of, See WOMEN



(J) EVIL WOMEN



(1) General References to



Jud 16:14; 1Ki 18:4; 19:2; 2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 15:16; Ne 13:26

Es 5:14; Job 2:9; Pr 22:14; Mt 14:6



--SEE Harlots, WOMEN

& WOMEN



(2) Stir up Strife



Pr 19:13; 21:9; 25:24; 27:15



(K) TEMPTRESSES, examples of women who have enticed men to sin



Eve

Ge 3:6



Delilah

Jud 16:6



Jezebel

1Ki 21:7,25



Zeresh

Es 5:14



Job's Wife

Job 2:9,10



"Strange Women"

Pr 5:3-5; Eze 13:18,19



Herodias and Salome

Mr 6:22



(L) HARLOTS



(1) General References to



Ge 34:31; Le 19:29; 21:14; De 23:18; 1Ki 3:16



--SEE Lasciviousness, IMPURITY



(2) Warnings against



Pr 2:18; 5:3; 6:24; 7:10; 29:3; Ho 4:14; Lu 15:30; 1Co 6:16