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Mothers And Daughters
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Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying:
having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.
Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →
Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.
above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →
These things therefore the soldiers did. 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 →
Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →
Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →
And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah. — read the full passage →
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. — read the full passage →
For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue. — read the full passage →
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →
For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. — read the full passage →
When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake, — read the full passage →
He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. — read the full passage →
And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. — read the full passage →
For no word from God shall be void of power.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children; — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. — read the full passage →
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. — read the full passage →
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
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 →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. — read the full passage →
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