46 Bible Verses about Mothers

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Proverbs 30:12-14

There is a generation pure in their own eyes, and yet not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Proverbs 30:11-14

There is a generation that curses their father, and doe not bless their mother. There is a generation pure in their own eyes, and yet not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.read more.
There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Ezekiel 16:45

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

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your guardians. Their princesses will be your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth. They will lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Jehovah. Those who hopefully wait for me will not be put to shame.

Matthew 20:20

The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what Jehovah says: Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

Hosea 2:2

Plead with your mother (your nation), for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband. Let her put away her acts of adultery from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts!

Proverbs 1:8-9

My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother. Discipline and education are a graceful ornament on your head, and a golden chain around your neck.

Luke 21:23

Woe to those who are pregnant and those who nurse a child in those days! There will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.

Matthew 12:47

Someone told Jesus: Look, your mother and your brothers stand nearby seeking to speak to you.

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Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Jesus

John 19:25-26

His mother stood by the stake of Jesus, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, Woman, look, your son!

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Rizpah's love for her sons

2 Samuel 21:9-10

He turned them over to the Gibeonites. They hanged all seven of them on the mountain near the place where Jehovah was worshiped. This happened right at the beginning of the barley harvest. Rizpah daughter of Aiah spread some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She would not let the birds land on the bodies during the day. She kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » Hagar's love for her child

Genesis 21:16

She sat across from him at a distance. She thought: I cannot watch the boy die. She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The canaanitish mother

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of samuel

1 Samuel 2:19

His mother made him a little robe. She brought it to him when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Sons of jonadab

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.

Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Elisha

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha then left his bulls and ran after Elijah. He said: Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye and then I will go with you. Elijah answered, All right, go back. I am not stopping you!

Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Joseph

Genesis 41:12

A young Hebrew, who was a servant of the captain of the guard, was there with us at the time. When we told him our dreams, he explained what each of them meant.

Mothers » Examples of filial honour » David

1 Samuel 22:3

David went from there to Mizpah in Moab. He said to the king of Moab: Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.

Mothers » Devout » Hannah

1 Samuel 1:22

This time Hannah did not go. She told her husband: As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the Temple of Jehovah, where he will stay all his life.

Mothers » Devout » Eunice

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother's unforgettable love

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of solomon's time

1 Kings 3:26

With a heart full of love for her son the real mother said: Please, Your Majesty, do not kill the child! Give it to her! But the other woman said: Do not give it to either of us cut it in two.

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The shunammite mother

2 Kings 4:20

The servant carried the boy back to his mother. She held him in her lap until noon. Then the boy died.

Mothers » Examples of filial honour » Solomon

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to talk to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to meet her and bowed down to her. He took his place on the king's throne and she sat at his right hand on the seat made ready for the king's mother.

Mothers » Devout » Sarah

Genesis 21:6

Sarah said: God brought me laughter. Everyone who hears about this will laugh on account of me.

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of moses

Exodus 2:3

When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River.

Mothers » Love of, for children, examples of » The mother of jesus

John 19:25

His mother stood by the stake of Jesus, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Mothers » Devout » Elizabeth

Mothers » Devout » Mary

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Animal Mothers

Exodus 22:30

Do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. Its mother may keep it for seven days. On the eighth day give it to me.

Breasts, Nursing Mothers

1 Samuel 1:23

Elkanah answered: All right, do what seems best to you. Stay at home until you have weaned him. May Jehovah make your promise come true. So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her child.

Mothers And Daughters

Ezekiel 16:44-46

Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb concerning you: Like mother, like daughter.

Mothers Of Kings

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.

Mothers, As A Symbol

Deuteronomy 32:11

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, spreads its wings to catch them, and carries them on its wings,

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