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Want to know what the Bible says about Women Working? Here are 74 Bible verses about Women Working from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Titus 2:5 NIV
to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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Titus 2:4-5 NIV
4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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Proverbs 14:1 NIV
The wise woman builds her house,
    but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
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1 Timothy 2:12 NIV
I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
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Proverbs 31:16 NIV
She considers a field and buys it;
    out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
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Genesis 2:18 NIV
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
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1 Timothy 5:8 NIV
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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1 Timothy 5:14 NIV
So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
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Titus 2:3-5 NIV
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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1 Timothy 3:11 NIV
In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
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Colossians 3:17 NIV
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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1 Samuel 8:13 NIV
He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
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Proverbs 31:31 NIV
Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
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Judges 4:4 NIV
Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
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Proverbs 31:24 NIV
She makes linen garments and sells them,
    and supplies the merchants with sashes.
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Exodus 35:25 NIV
Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.
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Proverbs 2:4-7 NIV
4 and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
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Titus 2:4 NIV
Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,
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1 Timothy 2:11-12 NIV
11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
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Proverbs 31:28-31 NIV
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
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