Topic

Mothers Day

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Isaiah 66:13

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

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.

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 →

Psalms 127:3

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

Proverbs 1:8–9

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

Ephesians 6:1–3

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

Psalms 139:13

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

Proverbs 31:25–31

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

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.

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.

Proverbs 31:26

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

3 John 1:4

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

Proverbs 31:25

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

Luke 1:46–48

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

1 Peter 3:4

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.

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.

1 Corinthians 13:13

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

Proverbs 31:10–12

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

1 Peter 4:8

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

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 →

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 →

Proverbs 31:28

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

Deuteronomy 6:6–7

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

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 14:1

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

Genesis 3:20

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

Proverbs 29:15

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

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;

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 23:25

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

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 →

Proverbs 1:8

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

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 31:10–31

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

Proverbs 11:16

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

Proverbs 17:6

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

Philippians 1:3

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Proverbs 6:20–22

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

Proverbs 31:26–27

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

Galatians 5:22–23

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

Proverbs 31:1–31

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

Psalms 139:13–16

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

Genesis 21:1–3

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

Proverbs 6:20

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

Psalms 113:9

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

Proverbs 31:28–29

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

Proverbs 18:22

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

Proverbs 31:25–30

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

1 Timothy 5:2

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

Ephesians 6:2

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

Jeremiah 1:5

“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.”

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.

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 →

Philippians 1:2–3

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

Proverbs 31:31

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

Proverbs 23:22

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

Psalms 139:13–14

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

Proverbs 15:20

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

Philippians 4:8

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.

Ephesians 6:1–4

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

Proverbs 6:20–21

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

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 →

Proverbs 20:20

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

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,

Joshua 24:15

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.”

Ezekiel 16:44

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

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 →

Proverbs 5:18

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Romans 8:38–39

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 →

Proverbs 1:1–33

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

Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

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 →

Proverbs 10:1

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

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 →

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Proverbs 23:22–24

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

Proverbs 28:24

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

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.

Proverbs 19:14

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

Luke 18:20

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.’”

Proverbs 13:24

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

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 31:1

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

Proverbs 30:17

“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.

Proverbs 30:11

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

Leviticus 20:9

“‘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.

Titus 2:4–5

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

Ephesians 4:32

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

Ephesians 6:4

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

Luke 2:33–35

Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him, — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:3–4

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:15

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Matthew 19:19

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

Matthew 10:37

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.

Exodus 21:17

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

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