Mother: General Scriptures Concerning
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 21:15, 17
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death. / Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Leviticus 18:7
You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
1 Kings 19:20
So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 19:26
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Proverbs 23:22–25
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. / Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. / The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Proverbs 30:11, 17
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. / As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Matthew 15:4–6
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ / he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Mark 7:10–12
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God), / he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Ephesians 6:2
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.