20 Bible Verses about Motherhood

unhappy will they be that are with child, and they that give suck in those days.

wo to them that are with child, or to them that give suck in those days: for this will be a region of great distress, and wrath will pour down upon this people.

unhappy the women who are pregnant, and those who nurse children at such a time.

we behav'd to you with a tender regard, even as a mother, who nurses her own children.

the elder women as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

however the women may be saved by educating their children, and persevering themselves in faith, in charity, in holiness and chastity. this may be depended upon as true.

you will be betrayed even by your very parents, and brethren, and kindred, and friends. nay, some of you they will prosecute even to death.

the father will be at variance with his son, and the son with the father: the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother: the mother-in-law with the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with the mother-in-law.

my coming will occasion discord between the son and his father, between the daughter and her mother, between the daughter in law and her mother in law:

salute Rufus chosen by the Lord, and his mother and mine.

then the brother shall betray his brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against their parents, and be the instruments of their death.

then the brother shall betray his brother to death, and the father his son: children shall prosecute their parents, and be the instruments to take away their lives:

for now the time is coming, when it will be said, happy are the barren, and they who never bare, happy the breast, that never gave suck.

Then the mother of Zebedee's children, with her two sons, came and threw herself at his feet, desiring a favour of him.

but he answered them, my mother and brethren are these, who attend to the word of God, and practise it.

children, obey your parents upon all occasions, for that is graceful in a christian.

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.

if a widow has children or grand-children, let them above all things instruct their own family to be religious, and let them be grateful to their parents, for this is acceptable to God.

but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.