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Mothers And Daughters

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Ezekiel 16:44

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

Exodus 20:12

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

Proverbs 22:6

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

Proverbs 31:28

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

2 Timothy 1:5

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.

Deuteronomy 5:16

“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.

Luke 12:53

They will 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.”

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 1:8–9

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

Proverbs 31:25–31

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

Ephesians 6:1–3

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

Isaiah 66:13

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

Psalms 127:3

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

John 19:26–27

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 →

Proverbs 23:22

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

Titus 2:3–5

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 →

3 John 1:4

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

Numbers 6:24–26

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 1:1–33

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 49:15

“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!

Proverbs 31:10–12

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

1 Peter 4:8

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

Luke 2:51

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.

1 Timothy 5:2

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

Psalms 127:3–5

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

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Deuteronomy 6:6–7

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

John 19:25–27

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 →

Proverbs 31:25

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

Leviticus 19:3

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

Proverbs 29:15

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

Psalms 113:9

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

Luke 1:46–48

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

Proverbs 23:13–14

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

Matthew 15:4–6

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 →

1 Samuel 1:26–28

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 →

Ephesians 6:4

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

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

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

Proverbs 31:1–31

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

Proverbs 23:25

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

Proverbs 1:8

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

Ephesians 4:32

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

Micah 7:6

For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

Proverbs 18:22

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

Proverbs 11:16

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

Numbers 26:33

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.

John 16:21–22

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. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:13

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

Proverbs 31:26–27

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

Proverbs 19:18

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

Proverbs 10:1

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

Proverbs 6:20–22

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

Deuteronomy 4:9

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;

Genesis 21:1–3

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

Matthew 15:4

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

Proverbs 13:24

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

Proverbs 31:2

“Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!

Proverbs 23:22–25

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

Psalms 144:12

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Genesis 31:50

If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

Titus 2:4–5

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

1 Corinthians 13:13

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

1 Timothy 5:1–2

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

John 16:21

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.

Mark 10:29–30

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 →

Proverbs 19:26–27

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

2 Kings 4:30

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

Genesis 2:24

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

Matthew 10:35

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.

Revelation 1:1–20

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 →

Hebrews 13:5–6

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

Luke 1:37

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Psalms 55:22

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Deuteronomy 4:9–10

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 →

Revelation 1:1

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,

Ephesians 6:2

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

Proverbs 6:20–21

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

Ephesians 6:2–3

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

Luke 1:5–6

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 →

Nehemiah 5:5

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Genesis 19:30–38

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters. — read the full passage →

James 1:19

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Philippians 1:3

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Ephesians 6:1–24

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

Ephesians 6:1–4

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

John 3:16–17

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 →

Judges 12:9

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

Genesis 3:20

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

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Leviticus 18:1–30

Yahweh said to Moses, — read the full passage →

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

Proverbs 30:11

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

Leviticus 20:1–27

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 2:15

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

Ephesians 5:1

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Ephesians 3:14–21

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Song of Solomon 8:2

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.

Matthew 2:12–23

Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way. — read the full passage →

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