Motherhood

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

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

“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!

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.

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

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

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.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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.

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

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

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

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;

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

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — 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.

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 →

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

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

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

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

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

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

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

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

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

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

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

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

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

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

She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh. — read the full passage →

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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.’”

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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

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

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

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

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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 →

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

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

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,

I would lead you, bringing you into my mother’s house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

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

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”

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

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

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 →

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

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

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

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.

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.’”

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

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

“‘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.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

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

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

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

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

We love him, because he first loved us.

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

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