Exodus 35:25
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25 All the skillful women spun with their hands and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and crimson yarns and fine linen;(A)
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Philippians 4:3
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3 Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion,[a] help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.(A)
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- 4.3 Or loyal Syzygus
Galatians 3:28
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28 There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Romans 16:12
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12 Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.
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Romans 16:6
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6 Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
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Romans 16:1-4
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Personal Greetings
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a] of the church at Cenchreae,(A) 2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord, as is fitting for the saints, and help her in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well.
3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my coworkers in Christ Jesus,(B) 4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but also all the churches of the gentiles.
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- 16.1 Or minister
Acts 9:39
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39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.(A)
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Luke 8:2-3
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2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,(A) 3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them[a] out of their own resources.
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- 8.3 Other ancient authorities read him
Proverbs 31:19-24
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19 She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She opens her hand to the poor
and reaches out her hands to the needy.(A)
21 She is not afraid for her household when it snows,
for all her household are clothed in crimson.(B)
22 She makes herself coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the city gates,
taking his seat among the elders of the land.(C)
24 She makes linen garments and sells them;
she supplies the merchant with sashes.
Proverbs 14:1
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14 The wise woman[a] builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
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- 14.1 Heb Wisdom of women
2 Kings 23:7
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7 He broke down the houses of the illicit priests who were in the house of the Lord, where the women did weaving for Asherah.(A)
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Exodus 36:1
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36 “Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and understanding to know how to do any work in the construction of the sanctuary shall work in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.”(A)
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Exodus 31:6
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6 Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:(A)
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Exodus 28:3
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3 And you shall speak to all who are skillful, whom I have endowed with skill, so that they make Aaron’s vestments to consecrate him for my priesthood.(A)
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