Bible Verses about “motherhood”

“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”

“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”

“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”

“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”

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

“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”

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

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

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

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

“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:”

“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

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

“¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”

“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”

“Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.”

“¶ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:”

“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.”

“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

“Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”

“[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;”

“¶ These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”

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