From the beginning, God spoke value over women that the world has spent centuries trying to complicate, qualify, and condition. The worth assigned in those early chapters of Scripture was not earned by performance or appearance or the approval of anyone in the room — it was given, fully and permanently, before any of it had a chance to be questioned. And yet most women carry a quiet, persistent suspicion that their value is more fragile than that. That it depends, at least a little, on how they look, what they accomplish, whether people stay, whether they measure up to the version of themselves they think they are supposed to be by now. That suspicion is not from God. But it is persistent — and it deserves to be met with something equally persistent.
That’s exactly what this collection of Bible verses about value of a woman is here to offer. You’ll find the best Scripture on a woman’s inherent worth in the eyes of God, her dignity and strength, her purpose and calling, the fearless and noble character described in Proverbs, and the consistent testimony of a God who has never once looked at a woman He created and found her to be anything less than exactly what He intended. Read these verses on the days when the world’s version of your worth is loudest. Write them somewhere you will see them before the comparison starts. Let Scripture have the last word on what you are worth — because it has always been the only voice qualified to say it.
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What God Said First — Before Culture Got a Word In
- “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1:27 (NIV)
- “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” — Genesis 1:31 (NIV)
- “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'” — Genesis 2:18 (NIV)
- “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.” — Genesis 2:22 (NIV)
- “You are fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” — Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
- “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
- “You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” — Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
- “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.” — Psalm 139:15 (NIV)
- “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” — Psalm 139:16 (NIV)
- “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
- “For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” — Psalm 149:4 (NIV)
- “Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love.” — Ephesians 1:4 (MSG)
- “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
- “You are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you.” — Isaiah 43:4 (NIV)
- “I have called you by name; you are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
- “I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” — Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)
More Precious Than Rubies — the Explicit Worth Statements
- “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)
- “Her worth is far above rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NKJV)
- “She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.” — Proverbs 3:15 (NIV)
- “She is worth far more than rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)
- “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” — Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
- “Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.'” — Proverbs 31:28–29 (NIV)
- “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” — Proverbs 31:29 (NIV)
- “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” — Proverbs 31:31 (NIV)
- “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.” — Proverbs 12:4 (ESV)
- “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” — Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
- “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” — Proverbs 18:22 (NIV)
- “A kindhearted woman gains honor.” — Proverbs 11:16 (NIV)
- “The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.” — Proverbs 31:11 (ESV)
- “She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.” — Proverbs 31:12 (NIV)
- “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
- “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” — Proverbs 31:26 (ESV)
The Way Jesus Treated Women — His Actions as Value Declarations
- “When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’ Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.” — Luke 13:12–13 (NIV)
- “And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.” — Luke 8:43–44 (NIV)
- “Then he said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.'” — Luke 8:48 (NIV)
- “Daughter, your faith has healed you.” — Mark 5:34 (NIV)
- “When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, ‘Don’t cry.’ Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, ‘Young man, I say to you, get up!'” — Luke 7:13–14 (NIV)
- “Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’).” — John 20:16 (NIV)
- “Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: ‘I have seen the Lord!'” — John 20:18 (NIV)
- “Jesus said to her, ‘I who speak to you am he.'” — John 4:26 (NIV)
- “The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’ Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you — I am he.'” — John 4:25–26 (NIV)
- “Jesus declared the Messiah’s identity to a Samaritan woman — someone her culture had dismissed twice over — before he declared it to the religious leaders.” — John 4:26 (NIV)
- “When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene.” — Mark 16:9 (NIV)
- “He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.” — Mark 16:9 (NIV)
- “Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.'” — Mark 12:43 (NIV)
- “‘She has done a beautiful thing to me,’ Jesus said. ‘Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.'” — Matthew 26:10, 13 (NIV)
- “Wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” — Matthew 26:13 (NIV)
- “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven — as her great love has shown.” — Luke 7:47 (NIV)
You Are Known and Chosen — the Selecting Language God Uses
- “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit — fruit that will last.” — John 15:16 (NIV)
- “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” — 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
- “God’s special possession.” — 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
- “For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.” — Deuteronomy 7:6 (NIV)
- “His treasured possession.” — Deuteronomy 14:2 (NIV)
- “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” — 1 John 3:1 (NIV)
- “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” — John 1:12 (NIV)
- “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.'” — Romans 8:14–15 (NIV)
- “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” — Romans 8:16 (NIV)
- “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” — Galatians 3:28 (NIV)
- “For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.” — Galatians 3:26 (ESV)
- “God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.” — Romans 11:29 (NIV)
- “Before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
- “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.” — John 10:27–28 (NIV)
- “I know them.” — John 10:27 (NIV)
- “Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” — Matthew 10:30–31 (NIV)
The Full Portrait — What She Does and What It’s Worth
- “She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.” — Proverbs 31:16 (NIV)
- “She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.” — Proverbs 31:18 (NIV)
- “She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.” — Proverbs 31:20 (NIV)
- “She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.” — Proverbs 31:22 (NIV)
- “She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.” — Proverbs 31:24 (NIV)
- “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
- “She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” — Proverbs 31:27 (NIV)
- “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” — Proverbs 31:26 (ESV)
- “Her children arise and call her blessed.” — Proverbs 31:28 (NIV)
- “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” — Proverbs 31:29 (NIV)
- “Give her the reward she has earned.” — Proverbs 31:31 (NIV)
- “The heart of her husband trusts in her.” — Proverbs 31:11 (ESV)
- “A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” — Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
- “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” — Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
- “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” — 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
- “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” — Philippians 2:13 (NIV)
The Price Paid for You — What God Thought You Were Worth
- “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” — John 3:16 (NIV)
- “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 (NIV)
- “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 (NIV)
- “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us.” — Ephesians 1:7–8 (NIV)
- “He lavished on us.” — Ephesians 1:8 (NIV)
- “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” — 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 (NIV)
- “You were bought at a price.” — 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NIV)
- “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.” — 1 Peter 1:18–19 (NIV)
- “The precious blood of Christ.” — 1 Peter 1:19 (NIV)
- “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness.” — 1 Peter 2:24 (NIV)
- “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” — 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
- “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1 (NIV)
- “There is now no condemnation.” — Romans 8:1 (NIV)
- “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” — Romans 8:32 (NIV)
- “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 8:38–39 (NIV)
- “Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God.” — Romans 8:39 (NIV)
What God Says to Her Directly — His Voice Over Her Life
- “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)
- “You are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
- “You are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you.” — Isaiah 43:4 (ESV)
- “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” — Isaiah 49:15–16 (NIV)
- “I will not forget you.” — Isaiah 49:15 (NIV)
- “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” — Isaiah 66:13 (NIV)
- “Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.” — Psalm 27:10 (NLT)
- “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” — Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
- “I will carry you.” — Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
- “For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” — Isaiah 54:10 (ESV)
- “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
- “He will rejoice over you with singing.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
- “He will take great delight in you.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
- “The Lord your God will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)
- “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
- “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!” — Psalm 36:5, 7 (NIV)
The Women Scripture Named and What Their Value Produced
- “Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” — Esther 4:14 (ESV)
- “I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” — Esther 4:16 (NIV)
- “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” — Ruth 1:16 (NIV)
- “The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!” — Ruth 2:12 (ESV)
- “A full reward be given you by the Lord.” — Ruth 2:12 (ESV)
- “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.” — Luke 1:46–48 (NIV)
- “All generations will call me blessed.” — Luke 1:48 (NIV)
- “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!” — Luke 1:42 (NIV)
- “In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And the Lord remembered her.” — 1 Samuel 1:10, 19 (NIV)
- “The Lord remembered her.” — 1 Samuel 1:19 (NIV)
- “She watched over the affairs of her household.” — Proverbs 31:27 (NIV)
- “Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: ‘I have seen the Lord!'” — John 20:18 (NIV)
- “She has done a beautiful thing to me.” — Matthew 26:10 (NIV)
- “Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.” — Acts 16:14 (NIV)
- “Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.” — Judges 4:4 (NIV)
- “She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you.'” — Judges 4:6 (NIV)
Dignity That Cannot Be Revoked — the Permanent Declarations
- “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.” — Galatians 3:26 (NIV)
- “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” — Galatians 3:28 (NIV)
- “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
- “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” — Romans 8:37 (NIV)
- “More than conquerors.” — Romans 8:37 (NIV)
- “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” — Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
- “Who loved me and gave himself for me.” — Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
- “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” — Ephesians 3:17–18 (NIV)
- “How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” — Ephesians 3:18 (NIV)
- “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
- “There is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
- “The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
- “The Lord looks at the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
- “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” — 1 Peter 3:3–4 (NIV)
- “Of great worth in God’s sight.” — 1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)
- “For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT)
Claim This — the Declarations That Belong to You
- “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
- “You are precious and honored in my sight.” — Isaiah 43:4 (NIV)
- “You are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
- “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession.” — 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
- “Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 8:39 (NIV)
- “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.” — Psalm 138:8 (ESV)
- “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.” — Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
- “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” — Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
- “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
- “She is worth far more than rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)
- “She can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
- “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” — Proverbs 31:29 (NIV)
- “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” — Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
- “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.” — Jude 1:24 (ESV)
- “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” — Numbers 6:24–26 (NIV)
- “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.” — Revelation 22:21 (NIV)