"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."  - Genesis 1:27

"And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman."  - Ruth 3:11

"Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior...to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled." - Titus 2:3-5