mothers love
What does the Bible say about mothers love? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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13In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.
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.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
51And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.