Bible Verses

161 Bible Verses for Women to Remind You of Who God Says You Are

The world has a great deal to say about what a woman should be. Scripture has been saying something far more powerful, far more permanent, and far more true about her — since long before any of it started.

There is a version of yourself that exists entirely outside of what the world has said about you. Outside of the standards that shift with every season, the comparisons that arrive uninvited, the messages absorbed since childhood about what a woman’s value is and what it depends on and who gets to decide. That version — the one God sees completely, knows fully, and has spoken over with words that have not changed in thousands of years — is the truest one. And most women spend far too little time in it, and far too much time in the noisier, less forgiving version that the world keeps offering as a substitute.

That’s exactly what this collection of Bible verses for women is here to bring you back to. You’ll find the best Scripture verses on a woman’s worth and identity in Christ, her strength and dignity, her purpose and calling, her value that has never once been tied to her productivity or her appearance or the approval of anyone in the room, and the God who saw every woman He created and called her very good before the world had a chance to suggest otherwise. Read them in the morning before the comparisons start. Read them when the outside voices are loudest. Write the ones that reach deepest somewhere permanent — because the truth Scripture speaks over you deserves to be louder than everything else competing for your belief.

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Before Anyone Else Got to Define You — God Already Did
You Were Made on Purpose — Not by Accident, Not as an Afterthought
When the Mirror Lies — What God Actually Sees When He Looks at You
The Strength You Already Have — Even When You Don’t Feel It
When Comparison Is Stealing Your Peace — the Truth That Ends That Game
When You’re Afraid — and Doing It Anyway
Women of Scripture Who Held On — Their Stories in the Verses They Lived
You Are Not Too Much — and You Are Not Too Little
Who You Are in Christ — the Identity That Doesn’t Move
What God Says — the Last Word, and the One That Stands

Before Anyone Else Got to Define You — God Already Did

  • “You are fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” — Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
  • “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
  • “I have called you by name; you are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
  • “You are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you.” — Isaiah 43:4 (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)
  • “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)
  • “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)
  • “I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” — Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)
  • “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!” — Isaiah 49:15 (NIV)
  • “For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” — Psalm 149:4 (NIV)
  • “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)
  • “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)
  • “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 (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)
  • “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 8:15 (NIV)
  • “God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.” — Romans 11:29 (NIV)

You Were Made on Purpose — Not by Accident, Not as an Afterthought

  • “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. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” — Psalm 139:15–16 (NIV)
  • “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
  • “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)
  • “You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” — Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
  • “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” — Psalm 139:16 (NIV)
  • “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” — Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)
  • “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” — Proverbs 16:9 (ESV)
  • “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)
  • “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)
  • “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” — Philippians 2:13 (NIV)
  • “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.” — Acts 17:26 (NIV)
  • “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)
  • “Before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
  • “The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever.” — Psalm 138:8 (NIV)
  • “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” — Psalm 32:8 (NIV)
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When the Mirror Lies — What God Actually Sees When He Looks at You

  • “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. 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)
  • “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” — Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)
  • “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 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)
  • “The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” — 1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)
  • “Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.” — Psalm 112:1 (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. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT)
  • “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:14 (NIV)
  • “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2 (NIV)
  • “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, not on earthly things.” — Colossians 3:1 (NIV)
  • “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” — Colossians 3:2 (NIV)
  • “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
  • “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus.” — Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
  • “How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful!” — Song of Solomon 1:15 (NIV)
  • “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
  • “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” — Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
  • “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)

The Strength You Already Have — Even When You Don’t Feel It

  • “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
  • “She is clothed with strength and dignity.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
  • “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.” — Psalm 28:7 (NIV)
  • “God is my strength and power, and he makes my way perfect.” — 2 Samuel 22:33 (NKJV)
  • “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
  • “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” — Isaiah 40:29 (NIV)
  • “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” — Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
  • “I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
  • “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
  • “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
  • “When I am weak, then I am strong.” — 2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV)
  • “The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid?” — Psalm 27:1 (NIV)
  • “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” — Psalm 46:1 (NIV)
  • “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
  • “No weapon forged against you will prevail.” — Isaiah 54:17 (NIV)
  • “She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.” — Proverbs 31:20 (NIV)
  • “A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” — Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)

When Comparison Is Stealing Your Peace — the Truth That Ends That Game

  • “You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” — Psalm 139:13–14 (NIV)
  • “We will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us.” — 2 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)
  • “Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him.” — 1 Corinthians 7:17 (ESV)
  • “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)
  • “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.” — 1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV)
  • “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” — Romans 12:4–5 (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)
  • “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2 (NIV)
  • “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” — Galatians 1:10 (NIV)
  • “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.” — Proverbs 29:25 (NIV)
  • “For we are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us.” — 2 Corinthians 5:12 (NIV)
  • “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” — Psalm 139:14 (NKJV)
  • “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — Galatians 6:14 (NIV)
  • “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” — Romans 11:29 (ESV)
  • “But by the grace of God I am what I am.” — 1 Corinthians 15:10 (NIV)
  • “I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content.” — Philippians 4:11 (ESV)
  • “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” — 1 Timothy 6:6 (NIV)
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When You’re Afraid — and Doing It Anyway

  • “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
  • “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” — Isaiah 41:10 (ESV)
  • “For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” — Isaiah 41:13 (NIV)
  • “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” — Isaiah 43:1 (ESV)
  • “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” — Psalm 56:3 (NIV)
  • “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” — Psalm 23:1, 4 (NIV)
  • “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.” — 1 John 4:18 (NIV)
  • “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:6–7 (NIV)
  • “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” — 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
  • “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
  • “God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and self-discipline.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 (NASB)
  • “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” — 1 John 4:4 (NIV)
  • “The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear?” — Psalm 27:1 (NIV)
  • “Even in darkness light dawns for the upright.” — Psalm 112:4 (NIV)
  • “So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?'” — Hebrews 13:6 (NIV)
  • “Be strong and courageous, and do the work.” — 1 Chronicles 28:20 (NIV)

Women of Scripture Who Held On — Their Stories in the Verses They Lived

  • “But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions.” — Esther 2:20 (NIV)
  • “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)
  • “But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. 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)
  • “In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.” — 1 Samuel 1:10 (NIV)
  • “Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.” — 1 Samuel 1:19 (NIV)
  • “Mary said: ‘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.'” — Luke 1:46–48 (NIV)
  • “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!” — Luke 1:42 (NIV)
  • “He has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.” — Luke 1:48 (NIV)
  • “A woman in that city who was a sinner learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears.” — Luke 7:37–38 (NIV)
  • “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven — as her great love has shown.” — Luke 7:47 (NIV)
  • “The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.” — Luke 23:55–56 (NIV)
  • “Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: ‘I have seen the Lord!'” — John 20:18 (NIV)
  • “She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” — Proverbs 31:27 (NIV)
  • “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” — Proverbs 31:29 (NIV)

You Are Not Too Much — and You Are Not Too Little

  • “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
  • “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
  • “For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you.” — Isaiah 54:10 (ESV)
  • “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken.” — Isaiah 54:10 (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.” — Isaiah 46:4 (NIV)
  • “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart.” — Isaiah 40:11 (NIV)
  • “You have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.” — Psalm 71:5 (NIV)
  • “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
  • “But now, this is what the Lord says — he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.'” — Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
  • “You are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you.” — Isaiah 43:4 (ESV)
  • “He delights in you. He quiets you with his love.” — Zephaniah 3:17 (NLT)
  • “I will be their God, and they will be my people.” — Jeremiah 31:33 (NIV)
  • “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 8:39 (NIV)
  • “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” — John 10:27 (NIV)
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Who You Are in Christ — the Identity That Doesn’t Move

  • “For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.” — Galatians 3:26 (ESV)
  • “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 you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.” — Romans 8:15 (NIV)
  • “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.” — Romans 8:14 (NIV)
  • “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” — Romans 8:37 (NIV)
  • “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” — Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
  • “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)
  • “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.” — Ephesians 1:13 (NIV)
  • “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
  • “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.” — John 15:5 (NIV)
  • “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” — Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
  • “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” — Matthew 5:16 (NIV)
  • “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood.” — 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
  • “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.” — Psalm 138:8 (ESV)
  • “I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.” — Psalm 86:12 (NIV)
  • “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” — Psalm 23:6 (ESV)

What God Says — the Last Word, and the One That Stands

  • “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)
  • “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he 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)
  • “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)
  • “You are a people holy to the Lord your God.” — Deuteronomy 14:2 (NIV)
  • “You are his treasured possession.” — Deuteronomy 14:2 (NIV)
  • “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” — Philippians 1:6 (NLT)
  • “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)
  • “She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.” — Proverbs 3:15 (NIV)
  • “Her worth is far above rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NKJV)
  • “Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” — 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, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” — Proverbs 31:31 (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 grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.” — Revelation 22:21 (NIV)
  • “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” — Revelation 21:4 (NIV)
  • “He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!'” — Revelation 21:5 (NIV)

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