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Scripture promotes the love of family, home and country and contains many examples of such love.

Parental love

Aspects of parental love Pr 13:24; Eph 6:4 See also Dt 6:7; 2Co 12:14; Col 3:21; 1Ti 3:4; 2Ti 3:15

Examples of maternal love Ge 21:16 Hagar; Ex 2:3 Moses’mother; Jdg 5:28; 1Sa 2:19 Hannah; 2Sa 21:10; 1Ki 3:26; 1Ki 17:18 The Shunammite: 2Ki 4:20,27
Mt 15:22 pp Mk 7:26; Lk 2:48; Lk 7:12-13 the widow of Nain; Jn 19:25

Examples of paternal love Ge 22:2 Abraham; Ge 31:28; Ge 37:35; Ge 42:38 David: 2Sa 12:16; 2Sa 13:39
Mk 5:23 pp Lk 8:41-42 Jairus

Love for parents

Ex 20:12; 1Ti 5:4 See also Ge 46:29 Joseph; Lev 19:3; Jdg 11:36; 1Sa 22:3 David; 1Ki 19:20 Elisha; Jer 35:8; Mt 15:4 pp Mk 7:10; Lk 2:51; Jn 19:26-27; Eph 6:1; Col 3:20

Other instances of family love

Ge 34:7; Ge 45:14-15 Joseph and his brothers; Ru 1:16-17; 2Sa 13:22 Mordecai and Esther: Est 2:7,11

Love of home and country

Examples of love of home Ge 31:30; Ge 49:29; Ge 50:25; Nu 10:30; Ru 1:6; 2Sa 10:12; 2Sa 19:37; 2Sa 23:15; Ne 4:14

Exhortations to patriotism Ps 122:6; Ps 137:5-6 See also 2Sa 1:20; Est 4:8; Jer 51:50

Examples of patriotism 1Sa 17:26; 1Sa 27:8-10; Ne 1:3-4; Ne 2:5; Est 8:6; Ps 137:1; Jer 51:51; Ro 9:3

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