mothers
What does the Bible say about mothers? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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25Strength and elegance are her clothing, and she will laugh in the final days. 26She has opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. 27She has considered the paths of her household, and she has not eaten her bread in idleness. 28Her sons rose up and predicted great happiness; her husband rose up and praised her. 29Many daughters have gathered together riches; you have surpassed them all. 30Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
26She has opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. 27She has considered the paths of her household, and she has not eaten her bread in idleness.
13In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.
12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
15Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.
4Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. 5Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. 6Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. 7Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
5calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.
8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother, 9so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.
20My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
22Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old. 23Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding. 24The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him. 25Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.