Mother

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

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

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 your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: — read the full passage →

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. — read the full passage →

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” — read the full passage →

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

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.

“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.

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.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

“‘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.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

For Moses said, ‘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 →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

“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.

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

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 →

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees. — read the full passage →

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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 →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

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.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.”

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. — read the full passage →

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

The mother of the child said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” He arose, and followed her.

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. — read the full passage →

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children; — read the full passage →

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. — read the full passage →

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. — read the full passage →

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

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.

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. — read the full passage →

Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. — read the full passage →

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. — read the full passage →

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.”