25 Influential Women in the Bible - Their Stories and Lessons

“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.”

“\\"I am the Lord\'s servant,\\" Mary answered. \\"May your word to me be fulfilled.\\" Then the angel left her.', category: "Mary's Faith", }, { reference: "Judges 4:4", text: "Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.", category: "Deborah's Leadership", }, { reference: "Esther 4:14", text: "And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?", category: "Esther's Courage", }, { reference: "Ruth 1:16", text: "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.'", category: "Ruth's Loyalty", }, { reference: "1 Samuel 1:27", text: "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.", category: "Hannah's Prayer", }, { reference: "Luke 10:42", text: "But few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

“He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.", category: "Priscilla's Teaching", }, { reference: "2 Timothy 1:5", text: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.”

“Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: 'I have seen the Lord!' And she told them that he had said these things to her.”

“By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.", category: "Rahab's Faith", }, { reference: "Genesis 21:17", text: "God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.'", category: "Hagar's Comfort", }, { reference: "Acts 16:14", text: "One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.", category: "Lydia's Conversion", }, { reference: "Judges 5:7", text: "Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.”

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”