Single Mothers

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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

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.

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

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

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

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

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

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

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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;

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

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

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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.

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.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

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

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

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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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:

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

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.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

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.

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

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

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

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

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

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

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

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 →

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 →

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

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

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

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

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

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 →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. — read the full passage →

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

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

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.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

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

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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.

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

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

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.