Bible Verses About Female Preachers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for female preachers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,096 votes, led by 1 Timothy 2:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Female Preachers
1 Timothy 2:12199 votes
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Corinthians 14:34157 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Galatians 3:28127 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Acts 18:26124 votes
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
1 Timothy 2:11-12114 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Acts 2:17-1897 votes
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
Titus 2:3-597 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Psalms 68:1196 votes
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
1 Timothy 2:1-1587 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Corinthians 14:34-3584 votes
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1 Timothy 2:11-1584 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Corinthians 11:578 votes
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
Romans 16:176 votes
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
1 Timothy 2:1176 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Timothy 3:273 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Titus 1:670 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Ephesians 5:22-3368 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:367 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1 Timothy 2:11-1465 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Genesis 3:1664 votes
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Judges 4:464 votes
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Titus 2:362 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Romans 16:761 votes
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
1 Timothy 2:12-1461 votes
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Timothy 2:1361 votes
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
What does the Bible say about female preachers?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 2:12 on the subject of female preachers. Across 5,096 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 14:34, Galatians 3:28, Acts 18:26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.