Quotes About Nurture

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.

For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my motherís breast.

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my motherís breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.