46 Bible Verses about Mothers

There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.

There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.
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There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices].

A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children.

Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children. You are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your [spiritual] mother was a Hittite and your [spiritual] father an Amorite.

“Kings will be your attendants,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And lick the dust of your feet;
And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord;
For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

Then [Salome] the mother of Zebedee’s children [James and John] came up to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down [in respect], asked a favor of Him.

Greet Rufus, an eminent and choice man in the Lord, also his mother [who has been] a mother to me as well.

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

When the Lord saw her, He felt [great] compassion for her, and said to her, “Do not weep.”

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

The Lord declares this;

“Where is the certificate of divorce
By which I have sent your mother away, [O Israel]?
Or to which one of My creditors did I sell you [as slaves]?
In fact, You were sold for your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing],
And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts

My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;

My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.

Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.

For I have come to set 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, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].

Honor [esteem, value as precious] your father and your mother [and be respectful to them]—this is the first commandment with a promise—

Woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For great trouble and anguish will be on the land, and wrath and retribution on this people [Israel].

Each of you shall respect his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

Someone said to Him, “Look! Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside asking to speak to You.”