What does the Bible say about women body?

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• 1 Corinthians 7:4 9 votes

  The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

• 1 Timothy 2:9-10 8 votes

  [9] In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; [10] but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.

• 1 Peter 3:3 6 votes

  Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

• 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 5 votes

  [18] Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. [19] Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

• Mark 5:25-34 5 votes

  [25] A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years, [26] and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse, [27] having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes. [28] For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well." [29] Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. [30] Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" [31] His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'" [32] He looked around to see her who had done this thing. [33] But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. [34] He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."

• Galatians 5:19-23 4 votes

  [19] Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, [20] idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, [21] envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

• Proverbs 31:30 3 votes

  Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

• 1 Corinthians 11:15 3 votes

  But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her for a covering.

• Psalms 127:3 3 votes

  Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

• 1 Corinthians 7:2 3 votes

  But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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