Single Moms

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

Leave thine orphans--I do keep alive, And thy widows--on Me trust ye,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

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

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

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

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

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

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

`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.

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.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

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

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;' — read the full passage →

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

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. — read the full passage →

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

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

`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.

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

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

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

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 →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

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

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

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 →

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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. — read the full passage →

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her. — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

For thy Maker <FI>is<Fi> thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts <FI>is<Fi> His name, And thy Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,' He is called.

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

`Many <FI>are<Fi> the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'

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

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

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

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

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

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

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

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,

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

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

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

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

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day; — read the full passage →

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

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

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 →

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 →

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 Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

`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.'

And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope <FI>is<Fi> on Jehovah his God,

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

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

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

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

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

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 →

And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest--I do.' — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'