37 Bible Verses about Grandmothers

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.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.

And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

For which cause I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

For the truth's sake which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather to godliness.

But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned them;

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick with a fever.

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman who was a Jewess, and believed, but his father was a Greek.

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life-time.

And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou shalt return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.

But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

For which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying by the Holy Spirit,

And I myself also am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars: