Bible Verses about “mother”
The Bible contains 20 verses about mother across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
“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.”
“¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.”
“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”
“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.”
“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
“¶ Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.”
“Then saith he to the disciple, ‹Behold thy mother!› And from that hour that disciple took her unto 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!›”
“¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.”
“¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.”
“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.”
“Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”
“‹Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.›”