27 verses · KJV
Bible verses about Mother
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12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
16Honour 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.
20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Continue reading Proverbs 23:22-25 in context →22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
5When 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.
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