25 Bible Verses About Mothers (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Mothers (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Mothers
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Proverbs 31:25-30
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. 26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. 27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 29 "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
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Proverbs 31:26-27
26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. 27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
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Proverbs 22:6
6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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Exodus 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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Isaiah 49:15
15 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
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Isaiah 66:13
13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
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Proverbs 6:20
20 My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
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Proverbs 23:22-25
22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. 24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him. 25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!
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Ephesians 6:2
2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise--
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2 Timothy 1:5
5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
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Leviticus 19:3
3 "'Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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Proverbs 31:28
28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
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Psalm 139:13
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
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Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
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Proverbs 1:8-9
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
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2 Kings 4:30
30 But the child's mother said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So he got up and followed her.
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Proverbs 29:15
15 The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
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Deuteronomy 5:16
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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Psalm 113:9
9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.
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Proverbs 17:6
6 Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
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Matthew 15:4-6
4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his father 'with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Proverbs 10:1
1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
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Proverbs 1:8
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
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