But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:


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Isaiah 49 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Deuteronomy 28 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
1 Thessalonians 2 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Genesis 50 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Job 39 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
1 Peter 2 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Isaiah 43 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Ruth 4 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
Ruth 2 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Hebrews 10 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Exodus 2 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Genesis 35 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Proverbs 5 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Luke 1 66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Isaiah 49 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Deuteronomy 11 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Philippians 4 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
Psalms 86 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Genesis 26 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
Isaiah 66 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Matthew 18 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Song of Solomon 1 8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
2 Timothy 2 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Jeremiah 22 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Exodus 1 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
1 Samuel 25 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
Deuteronomy 1 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
1 Corinthians 12 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
Ezekiel 16 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
Ruth 3 1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Nehemiah 9 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Proverbs 23 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Luke 7 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Ephesians 6 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Proverbs 20 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Titus 3 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Ruth 3 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Song of Solomon 8 1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Psalms 79 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Isaiah 54 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Ephesians 4 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
2 Samuel 6 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Isaiah 26 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Numbers 31 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Psalms 45 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
John 16 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Deuteronomy 28 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Psalms 119 65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.