Bible Verses About Mothers and Sons
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for mothers and sons, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,874 votes, led by Exodus 20:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Mothers and Sons
Exodus 20:1291 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 1:8-976 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 22:666 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 10:164 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Ephesians 6:1-362 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 15:2057 votes
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
2 Timothy 1:555 votes
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Leviticus 19:351 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
John 19:26-2751 votes
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Deuteronomy 5:1649 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 20:2049 votes
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Psalms 127:348 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ephesians 6:447 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:1546 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 31:2844 votes
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
John 19:25-2743 votes
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Psalms 139:1342 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 49:1541 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 23:22-2539 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Isaiah 66:1339 votes
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 30:1738 votes
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Proverbs 31:10-1236 votes
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Luke 2:5136 votes
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Matthew 15:4-634 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Genesis 2:2433 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
What does the Bible say about mothers and sons?
Readers most often cite Exodus 20:12 on the subject of mothers and sons. Across 2,874 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 1:8-9, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 10:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.