A Mother's Influence

29 times we find the phrase “and his mother’s name was” or some variation of this.

2 Timothy 1:5 “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.”

Acts 16:1 “Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:”

Proverbs 30:11–12 “There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet is not washed from their filthiness.”

Mothers Can Be Faithful

To teach the Word of God

To nourish their children

To set the example

Proverbs 31 woman

Mothers Can Be Formative

29 times in Scripture a man is identified with the additional information that his mother’s name was...

Especially influential mothers

Jochebed - Ex 2:1-10

Hannah - 1 Samuel 1

Athaliah- 2 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 22:2 “Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.”

Eunice-2 Tim 1:5

Mothers Can Be Forgotten

Proverbs 30:11–12 “There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet is not washed from their filthiness.”

Exodus 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”

Ephesians 6:2–3 “Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

Proverbs 23:22 “Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.”

Proverbs 1:8–9 “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.”

Leviticus 19:3 “Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.”

1 Timothy 5:4 “But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”

Proverbs 30:17 “The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.”

Proverbs 15:20 “A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish man despiseth his mother.”

Proverbs 20:20 “Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”

Proverbs 19:26 “He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.”

Proverbs 10:1 “The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.”