46 Bible Verses about Mothers

There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.
There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.

There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.
There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.
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There is a generation whose teeth are swords,
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.

Let your father and mother have joy,
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

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

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

As a mother comforts her son,
so I will comfort you,
and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons

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

Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down to you
with their faces to the ground,
and lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
those who put their hope in Me
will not be put to shame.

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Don’t cry.”

For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

This is what the Lord says:

Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
that I used to send her away?
Or who were My creditors that I sold you to?
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away
because of your transgressions.

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her.
For she is not My wife and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face
and her adultery from between her breasts.

My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

You took me from the womb,
making me secure while at my mother’s breast.

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”