46 Bible Verses about Mothers
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A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding. A generation, how its eyes were raised up and its eyelashes will be lifted up. A generation, its teeth swords, and its biter's teeth, knives, to devour the poor from the land, and the needy from man.
A generation will curse its father, and will not bless its mother. A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding. A generation, how its eyes were raised up and its eyelashes will be lifted up.read more.
A generation, its teeth swords, and its biter's teeth, knives, to devour the poor from the land, and the needy from man.
A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her bringing him forth.
And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
He loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and he loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me.
Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother:
As a man whom his mother shall comfort him, so will I comfort you; and in Jerusalem ye shall be comforted.
Thou thy mother's daughter loathing her husband and her sons; and thou the sister of thy sisters who loathed their husbands and their sons: your mother a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, worshipping, and asking something of him.
Embrace Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son will gladden a father: and a son of the foolish will grieve his mother.
For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
A wise son will gladden the father: and the foolish man despised his mother.
Thus said Jehovah, Where this writing of cutting off of your mother which I sent her away? or which of my creditors whom I sold you to him? Behold, in your iniquities ye sold yourselves, and in your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Contend with your mother, contend ye, for she is not my wife, and I not her husband: for she shall put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
My son, watch the commands of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the laws of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother: For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat
Thou causing me to break forth from the womb: causing me to trust upon my mother's breasts.
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the bride against her mother-in-law.
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there is none who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for sake of the kingdom of God,
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first command with solemn promise;)
And woe to them having in the womb, and to them giving suck, in those days! for there shall be great necessity upon the land, and anger upon this people.
Ye shall fear each his mother and his father, and my Sabbaths ye shall watch: I am Jehovah your God.
And a certain one said to him, Behold, thy mother, and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee.
From Thematic Bible
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Jesus
And he went dawn with them, and came to Nazareth, and was placed under them : and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. Jesus then having seen the mother, and the disciple standing near, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Rizpah's love for her sons
And he will give them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they will hang them in the mountain before Jehovah: and the seven will fall together, and they were put to death in the days of harvest in the first of the beginning of the harvest of barley. And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah will take sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest till water was given upon them from the heavens, and she gave not the birds of the heavens to rest upon them in the day and the beast of the field at night
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Hagar's love for her child
And she will go and seat herself from over against., being far off as the bending of a bow: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. And she will seat herself from over against, and she will lift up her voice and weep.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The canaanitish mother
And, behold, a woman, a Canaanite, having come forth from those boundaries, cried out to him, saying, Pity me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is badly possessed with an evil spirit.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of samuel
And his mother will make to him a little upper garment, and bring up to him from days to days, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of days.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Sons of jonadab
And we will hear to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father, for all which he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Elisha
And he will forsake the oxen and run after Elijah, and say, I will kiss now to my father and to my mother, and I will go after thee. And he will say to him, Go, turn back; for what did I to thee?
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Joseph
And there with us a Hebrew youth, servant to the chief of the cooks: and we shall relate to him, and he will interpret to us our dreams; and he interpreted a man according to his dream.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » David
And David will go from thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he will say to the king of Moab, My father will come forth now, and my mother with you, till I shall know what God will do to me.
Mothers » Devout » Hannah
And Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, Till the boy shall be weaned, and I brought him, and he saw the face of Jehovah, and he shall sit there even to forever.
Mothers » Devout » Eunice
Receiving the report of unfeigned faith in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother's unforgettable love
Shall a woman forget her child, from pitying the son of her womb? also these shall forget, and I shall not forget thee.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of solomon's time
And the woman to whom the living son, will say to the king, for her bowels were warm upon her son, and she will say, With leave, my lord, ye shall give to her the living child, and slaying, ye shall not slay him. And this said, It shall not be even to me, even to thee; divide it
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The shunammite mother
And he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will sit upon her knees till noon, and he will die.
Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Solomon
And Bathsheba will go to king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king will rise up to her meeting, and worship to her, and he sat upon his throne, and a throne will be set for the king's mother; and she will sit at his right hand.
Mothers » Devout » Sarah
And Sarah will say, God made me laugh; all hearing will laugh with me.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of moses
And she will not be able any more to hide him, and she will take for him an ark of bulrush, and will pitch it with bitumen and with pitch, and she will put in it the child, and will put in the sedge by the lip of the river.
Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of jesus
And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Mothers » Devout » Elizabeth
And it was when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit:
Mothers » Devout » Mary
And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord.
Topics on Mothers
Animal Mothers
Exodus 22:30Thus shalt thou do to thine ox, to thy sheep: seven days shall it be with its mother; in the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.
Breasts, Nursing Mothers
1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband will say to her, Do the good in thine eyes; sit till thy weaning him; but Jehovah will raise up his word. And the woman will sit and suckle her son till her weaning him.
Devout mothers
Luke 2:25And, behold, a man was in Jerusalem, the name to him Simeon; and this man just and cautious, waiting the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Examples Of Mothers' Love
Isaiah 49:15Shall a woman forget her child, from pitying the son of her womb? also these shall forget, and I shall not forget thee.
Mothers And Daughters
Ezekiel 16:44-46Behold, all using parables will use a parable against thee, saying, As the mother, the daughter.
Mothers And Sons
Luke 12:53Father shall be divided against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Mothers Love For Children
1 Thessalonians 2:7But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse should cherish her children:
Mothers Love For Her Children
Isaiah 66:13As a man whom his mother shall comfort him, so will I comfort you; and in Jerusalem ye shall be comforted.
Mothers Of Kings
Genesis 17:16And I blessed her, and I gave thee also a son of her: and I blessed her and she was for nations, and kings of people shall be from her.
Mothers, As A Symbol
Deuteronomy 32:11As the eagle he will arouse his young brood, He will brood over his young birds; He will spread out his wings, and will take them; He will lift them up upon his wings:
Mothers, Examples Of
Genesis 3:20And Adam will call his wife's name Life, for she was the mother of all living.
Mothers, Responsibilities Of
Psalm 113:9Causing the sterile woman to dwell in the house, a mother of sons being glad. Praise ye Jah.
Spiritual Mothers
1 Peter 3:6(As Sara listened to Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye are,) doing good, and not fearing any terror.