Mothers

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue. — read the full passage →

As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

And the mother of the youth saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth--if I leave thee;' and he riseth and goeth after her.

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, — read the full passage →

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

And the man calleth his wife's name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. — read the full passage →

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; — read the full passage →

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible <FI>men<Fi> retain riches.

and she saith, `O, my lord, thy soul liveth! my lord, I <FI>am<Fi> the woman who stood with thee in this <FI>place<Fi> , to pray unto Jehovah; — read the full passage →

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, — read the full passage →

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion. — read the full passage →

A generation <FI>is<Fi> , that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

and whence <FI>is<Fi> this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

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

and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth; — read the full passage →

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', — read the full passage →

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →