Mothers Day

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. — read the full passage →

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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 →

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

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

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. — read the full passage →

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

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. — 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 the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. — read the full passage →

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, 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 have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; — read the full passage →

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

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

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. — read the full passage →

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. — read the full passage →

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.