Mothers

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

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

“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.

“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!

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

I thank my God whenever I remember 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“‘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.

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.’”

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

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

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

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 →

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

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

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,

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

“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.

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