Bible Verses about “being a good mother”

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

“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”

“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”

“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.”

“"Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."”

“"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”

“to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.”

“Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.”

“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”

“She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.”

“Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.”

“Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:”

“She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.”

“She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.”

“Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!”

“The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.”

“"Many women do noble things, but you excel them all."”

“She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”

“She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.”

“She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.”

“She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.”

“She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.”

“She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night.”

“She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.”

“She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.”

“She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.”

“She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.”

“She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.”

“Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.”

“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."”

“and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

“Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.”

“These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;”

“So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.”

“Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:”

“The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."”

“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”

“They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

“He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.”

“Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.”

“The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.”

“Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.”

“It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'”

“lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.”

“Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.”

“You shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.”

“You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.”

“The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.”

“"Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!”