Bible Verses AboutDaughters
Bible verses about Daughters
Exploring Bible verses about daughters offers a profound glimpse into God's heart for women and families. Scripture reveals daughters as cherished blessings, sources of joy, strength, and inheritors of faith. Understanding these verses illuminates the unique value God places on daughters, guiding us to nurture, protect, and empower them. These passages offer wisdom for daughters themselves, encouraging them to embrace their worth, seek God's guidance, and live lives of purpose and grace. Delving into this topic fosters a deeper appreciation for the divine design of family and the significant role daughters play within it, enriching our understanding of God's love and plan for humanity.
Most Helpful Verses
Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
Scripture Passages
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi–shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Reflection
Contemplating Daughters
The Bible's verses on daughters paint a rich tapestry of love, protection, instruction, and promise. They highlight the inherent value and strength of daughters, reminding us of God's intentional creation of women and their crucial role in families and communities. From inheriting blessings alongside their brothers to being celebrated for their wisdom and virtue, these verses challenge societal norms that might diminish their worth. Reflecting on these passages encourages us to cultivate environments where daughters are cherished, nurtured, and empowered to fulfill their God-given potential. May we honor them, provide for their needs, and guide them with wisdom, recognizing the profound impact they have on the world as daughters of both earthly parents and a loving heavenly Father. Let's strive to emulate the love and grace exemplified in these scriptures, fostering a world where daughters thrive in faith, courage, and purpose.
May these verses about daughters bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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