Bible Verses About Mothers (19 Verses)
This collection has 19 Bible verses about mothers: 13 from the Old Testament and 6 from the New Testament. Proverbs appears most often (4 verses), across 12 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about mothers? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about mothers, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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19 Bible Verses About Mothers
"Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised."
"Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
"As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”"
"As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem."
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
"Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward."
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
"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."
"Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
"having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also."
"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."
"My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck."
"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."
"For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb."
"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb."
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”"
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 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."
“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
"Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God."
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
"Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
"And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
"And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
"The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her."
"And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her."
"He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!"
"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."
"Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents."
"Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers."
"Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed."
"And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."
"Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home."
"When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home."
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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This collection has 19 Bible verses about mothers: 13 from the Old Testament and 6 from the New Testament. Proverbs appears most often (4 verses), across 12 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about mothers? Read 19 carefully selected Bible verses about mothers, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
Proverbs 31:25-30: "Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised." Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Isaiah 66:13: "As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”" Full collection: 19 verses on this page (68% Old Testament, 32% New Testament).
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