Bible Verses about “church mothers”

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

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”

“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

“¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

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

“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

“[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”

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

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”

“Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.”

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”

“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 aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”

“¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:”

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

“And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.”

“The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.”

“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.”

“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.”

“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.”

“¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”

“And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.”

“And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.”

“¶ Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father [was] a Greek:”

“And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the marketplace unto the rulers,”

“And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.”

“And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.”

“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted [thither].”

“¶ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,”

“After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.”

“But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.”

“And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”

“Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.”

“And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.”

“And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.”

“And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.”

“And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.”

“Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;”

“And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.”

“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”

“Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.”

“Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.”

“And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.”

“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”

“And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.”