Words
God uses to describe a godless woman
I don’t know about you, but
these verses really get to me! I do not
want to be a godless woman. Ask God to
cause you to HATE any sign of these things in your life and LOVE the things
described in the verses describing a godly woman. Believe and know that God will set you
free!
Proverbs
9:13
“A
foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.”
clamorous - to murmur, growl, roar, cry
aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be
loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar.
Proverbs
14:1
“Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
buildeth - to build, rebuild,
establish, cause to continue.
down - to tear down, break down,
overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down,
throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly.
Proverbs
11:22
“As a jewel of gold in a
swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.”
fair - beautiful
discretion - taste, judgment. The quality of behaving or speaking in such a
way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
Proverbs
21:9
“It is better to dwell in a
corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
brawling - fight or quarrel in a rough
or noisy way.
Proverbs
21:19
“It is better to dwell in the
wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.”
contentious - causing or likely to cause
an argument; controversial.
angry - having a strong feeling of
or showing annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.
Proverbs
27:15
“A continual dropping in a very
rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
Proverbs
30:21-23
“For
three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is
married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.”
odious - to hate, be hateful.
1
Timothy 5:13
“And withal they learn to be
idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also
and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
idle - at leisure; lazy, shunning
the labor which one ought to perform.
tattlers - of persons uttering or doing
silly things, garrulous, babbling of things, foolish, trifling, vain.
busybodies - busy about trifles and
neglectful of important matters; esp. busy about other folks' affairs, a
busybody of things: impertinent and superfluous.
Proverbs 7:11
“She is loud and stubborn; her
feet abide not in her house:”
loud – to rage, be troubled, be in
an uproar; to be in a stir, be in a commotion; to be boisterous, be turbulent
stubborn - to rebel, be stubborn, be
rebellious, be refractory (unmanageable)
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Words God uses to
describe a godly woman
Proverbs
31:30
“Favour is deceitful, and
beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”
favour -, grace, charm, elegance,
acceptance
deceitful - lie, deception,
disappointment, falsehood, deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays
one)
vain - vapour, breath, breath,
vapour, vanity
praised - to shine (Qal) to shine
(fig. of God's favour)
Proverbs
31:26
“She openeth her mouth with
wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”
law - direction, instruction
kindness – mercy, loving kindness,
goodness, merciful,
Titus
2:3-5
“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;”
holiness - befitting men, places,
actions or sacred things to God; reverent
accusers - prone to slander,
slanderous, accusing falsely; a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, metaph.
applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part
of the devil or to side with him.
{Really? Act the part of the devil or to side with
him? Yikes!}
“4 That
they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love
their children,”
teach - restore one to his senses;
to moderate, control, curb, disciple; to hold one to his duty; to admonish, to
exhort earnestly
sober - restore one to his senses;
to moderate, control, curb, disciple; to hold one to his duty; to admonish, to
exhort earnestly
{Isn’t that
interesting that the same word, “teach” means the same as “sober” here? The word is “Sophronizo” from the Strong’s concordance.}
“5 To
be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands,
that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
discreet - of a sound mind, sane, in
one's senses; curbing one's desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate.
chaste - exciting reverence,
venerable, sacred, pure , pure from carnality, chaste, modest, pure from every
fault, immaculate, clean.
good - of good constitution or
nature, useful, salutary, good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy, excellent,
distinguished, upright, honourable
obedient - to arrange under, to
subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one's self, obey, to
submit to one's control, to yield to one's admonition or advice, to obey, be
subject,
A Greek
military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion
under the command of a leader". In non-military use, it was "a
voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and
carrying a burden".
{Wow! Long definition…interesting one, too.}
blasphemed - to speak reproachfully, rail
at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme; to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at.
Proverbs
31:10
“Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.”
virtuous - strength, might, efficiency
1
Peter 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;”
to
arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one's
self, obey, to submit to one's control, to yield to one's admonition or advice,
to obey, be subject,
A Greek
military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion
under the command of a leader". In non-military use, it was "a
voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and
carrying a burden".
{Same
word (“Hupotasso” used to
describe “obedient” in Titus 3:5}
conversation - manner of life, conduct,
behavior.
If
you know of other (I’m sure there must be some) great verses, let me know!
