44 Bible Verses about Mothers
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There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother. There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.read more.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
nevertheless we became gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherishes her own children.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's sons.
Thou are the daughter of thy mother, who loathes her husband and her sons. And thou are the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. They shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet. And thou shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me s
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshiping, and asking something from him.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
And when the Lord saw her, he felt compassion toward her, and said to her, Weep not.
Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Thus says LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, with which I have put her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities ye were sold, and for your transgressions your moth
Contend with your mother. Contend, for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband. And let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
But thou are he who took me out of the womb. Thou made me trust upon my mother's breasts.
For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,
But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.
Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.
And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee.
From Thematic Bible
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Jesus
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene had stood near the cross of Jesus. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Rizpah's love for her sons
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they hanged them in the mountain before LORD, and they fell [all] seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven. And she neither allowed the birds of the heaven to rest on them by day
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Hagar's love for her child
And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and the child lifted up its voice, and wept.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The canaanitish mother
And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of samuel
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Sons of jonadab
And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Elisha
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to thee?
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Joseph
And there was a young man with us there, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him. And he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » David
And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
Mothers » Devout » Hannah
But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, [Not] until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before LORD, and abide there forever.
Mothers » Devout » Eunice
taking memory of the non-hypocritical faith in thee, which first dwelt in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that is in thee also.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother's unforgettable love
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of solomon's time
Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The shunammite mother
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Solomon
Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother. And she sat on his
Mothers » Devout » Sarah
And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of moses
And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's edge.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of jesus
And his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene had stood near the cross of Jesus.
Mothers » Devout » Elizabeth
And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled of Holy Spirit,
Mothers » Devout » Mary
Topics on Mothers
Animal Mothers
Exodus 22:30Likewise thou shall do with thine oxen, [and] with thy sheep. Seven days it shall be with its dam. On the eighth day thou shall give it me.
Breasts, Nursing Mothers
1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to thee. Remain until thou have weaned him, only LORD establish his word. So the woman remained and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.
Devout mothers
Luke 2:25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.
Examples Of Mothers' Love
Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee.
Mothers And Daughters
Ezekiel 16:44-46Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Mothers And Sons
Luke 12:53A father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Mothers Love For Children
1 Thessalonians 2:7nevertheless we became gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherishes her own children.
Mothers Love For Her Children
Isaiah 66:13As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Mothers Of Kings
Genesis 17:16And I will bless her. And moreover I will give thee a son by her. Yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be by her.
Mothers, As A Symbol
Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings. He took them. He bore them on his pinions.
Mothers, Examples Of
Genesis 3:20And the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Mothers, Responsibilities Of
Psalm 113:9He makes the barren woman to keep house, a joyful mother of sons. Praise ye LORD.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became, doing good, and not being afraid of anything fearful.