Bible Verses About Mother and Son
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for mother and son, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,349 votes, led by John 16:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Mother and Son
John 16:21122 votes
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
John 19:26-27113 votes
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
James 1:1795 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Proverbs 22:680 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 1:8-973 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Isaiah 49:1557 votes
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Proverbs 10:153 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Exodus 20:1252 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Matthew 3:1749 votes
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Luke 11:2745 votes
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Proverbs 29:1538 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 15:2037 votes
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
John 17:137 votes
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
John 19:2536 votes
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Luke 2:48-5035 votes
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Ephesians 6:1-335 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Leviticus 19:333 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Luke 1:4533 votes
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
John 3:1633 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:833 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Psalms 127:331 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:22-2531 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
John 19:25-2731 votes
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Proverbs 1:830 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Luke 1:46-4830 votes
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
What does the Bible say about mother and son?
Readers most often cite John 16:21 on the subject of mother and son. Across 2,349 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 19:26-27, James 1:17, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.