Bible Verses About Mothers
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for mothers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 38,769 votes, led by Proverbs 31:25-30. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Mothers
Proverbs 31:25-301,650 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs 22:61,061 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 31:26-271,032 votes
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Isaiah 66:131,006 votes
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Exodus 20:121,000 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 127:3934 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Isaiah 49:15920 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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7703 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
2 Timothy 1:5667 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.
Proverbs 1:8-9641 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 6:20637 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:22-25609 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Psalms 139:13586 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Ephesians 6:1-3538 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:2520 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Leviticus 19:3517 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 5:16501 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 31:28480 votes
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Luke 2:51478 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.
2 Kings 4:30427 votes
And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
Psalms 113:9423 votes
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Luke 1:46-48419 votes
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
John 19:26-27417 votes
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Proverbs 17:6416 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Proverbs 31:25413 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
What does the Bible say about mothers?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 31:25-30 on the subject of mothers. Across 38,769 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 31:26-27, Isaiah 66:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.