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Honor Mother
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“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →
He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens! — read the full passage →
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.”
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →
When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ — read the full passage →
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
But I have this against you, that you tolerate yourwoman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain, — read the full passage →
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →
As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering. — read the full passage →
Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →
I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
But one has somewhere testified, saying, “What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!”
Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. — read the full passage →
and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you; who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
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