Bible Verses About Mothers

The Bible is full of wisdom for mothers. From words of instruction to verses of praise for godly mothers, Scripture is a treasure trove of guidance for every mom.

We’ve compiled several verses below for mothers. We’ve also included every mention of the word “mother” in the NASB translation. We hope that these Bible verses are a great encouragement to you as you strive to be the mom that God calls you to be.

Bible Verses About Honoring Our Mothers

God calls children to honor their mothers. Below are commandments from the Old and New Testaments that demonstrate this.

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may turn out well for you, and that you may live long on the earth. – Ephesians 6:1-3

Bible Verses for Mothers on Mother’s Day

On Mother’s Day, we have the opportunity to thank the moms in our lives. Below is a passage that praises godly mothers. Consider sharing it with your mom this Mother’s Day!

She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She watches over the activities of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
“Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. – Proverbs 31:26-30

Bible Verses About a Mother’s Teaching

Godly mothers instruct their children with wisdom. Below are a few verses that demonstrate this.

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it. – Proverbs 22:6

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
And do not ignore your mother’s teaching;
For they are a graceful wreath for your head
And necklaces for your neck. – Proverbs 1:8-9

Every Mention of the Word “Mother” in the Bible

We’ve included all mentions of the word “mother” in the NASB below. We hope reflecting on these verses will deepen your knowledge of God’s Word!

Bible Verses About Mother in Genesis

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24

Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. – Genesis 3:20

I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” – Genesis 17:16

Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife; – Genesis 20:12

He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. – Genesis 21:21

Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things. – Genesis 24:28

And the servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. – Genesis 24:53

But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.” – Genesis 24:55

Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; so Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. – Genesis 24:67

But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am a smooth man. – Genesis 27:11

But his mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get the goats for me.” – Genesis 27:13

So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made a delicious meal such as his father loved. – Genesis 27:14

May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.” – Genesis 27:29

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. – Genesis 28:2

Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. – Genesis 28:5

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. – Genesis 28:7

When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, and the sheep of his mother’s brother Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of his mother’s brother Laban. – Genesis 29:10

Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrake fruits in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” – Genesis 30:14

Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children. – Genesis 32:11

He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Am I and your mother and your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?” – Genesis 37:10

And as he raised his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.” – Genesis 43:29

And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little boy born in our father’s old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’ – Genesis 44:20

Bible Verses About Mother in Exodus

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. – Exodus 2:8

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you. – Exodus 20:12

“And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death. – Exodus 21:15

“And one who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death. – Exodus 21:17

You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother for seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. – Exodus 22:30

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God. “You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother. – Exodus 23:19

“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.” – Exodus 34:26

Bible Verses About Mother in Leviticus

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. – Leviticus 18:7

As for the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. – Leviticus 18:9

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. – Leviticus 18:13

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:3

‘If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall certainly be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and has brought his own death upon himself. – Leviticus 20:9

If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is an outrageous sin; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no such outrageous sin in your midst. – Leviticus 20:14

‘If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt. – Leviticus 20:17

You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has uncovered his blood relative; they will bear their guilt. – Leviticus 20:19

except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother, – Leviticus 21:2

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; – Leviticus 21:11

“When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the Lord. – Leviticus 22:27

And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) – Leviticus 24:11

Bible Verses About Mother in Numbers

He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his consecration to God is on his head. – Numbers 6:7

Oh, do not let her be like a dead person, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb!” – Numbers 12:12

Bible Verses About Mother in Deuteronomy

‘Honor your father and your mother, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well for you on the land which the Lord your God is giving you. – Deuteronomy 5:16

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, – Deuteronomy 13:6

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a stranger; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. – Deuteronomy 14:21

She shall also remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may have relations with her and become her husband and she shall be your wife. – Deuteronomy 21:13

“If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he does not listen to them, – Deuteronomy 21:18

then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. – Deuteronomy 21:19

“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; – Deuteronomy 22:6

you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may go well for you and that you may prolong your days. – Deuteronomy 22:7

then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. – Deuteronomy 22:15

‘Cursed is one who treats his father or mother contemptuously.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ – Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ – Deuteronomy 27:22

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ – Deuteronomy 27:23

Who said of his father and his mother, ‘I did not consider them’; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they kept Your word, And complied with Your covenant. – Deuteronomy 33:9

Bible Verses About Mother in Joshua

and spare my father and my mother, and my brothers and my sisters, and all who belong to them, and save our lives from death.” – Joshua 2:13

unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather into your house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household. – Joshua 2:18

So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp of Israel. – Joshua 6:23

Bible Verses About Mother in Judges

The peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel. – Judges 5:7

“Out of the window she looked and wailed, The mother of Sisera through the lattice, ‘Why does his chariot delay in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots delay?’ – Judges 5:28

And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you.” – Judges 8:19

Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s relatives, and spoke to them and to the entire family of the household of his mother’s father, saying, – Judges 9:1

So his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem; and they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our relative.” – Judges 9:3

So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; so now, get her for me as a wife.” – Judges 14:2

But his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” Yet Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she is right for me.” – Judges 14:3

However, his father and mother did not know that this was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. And at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel. – Judges 14:4

Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him. – Judges 14:5

And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, so that he tore it apart as one tears apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. – Judges 14:6

So he took out the honey on his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had took the honey out of the body of the lion. – Judges 14:9

So Samson’s wife wept in front of him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have proposed a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?” – Judges 14:16

So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.” – Judges 16:17

And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and also spoke it in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.” – Judges 17:2

He then returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly consecrate the silver from my hand to the Lord for my son to make a carved image and a cast metal image; so now I will return them to you.” – Judges 17:3

So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast metal image, and they were in the house of Micah. – Judges 17:4

Bible Verses About Mother in Ruth

But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to your mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. – Ruth 1:8

And they raised their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. – Ruth 1:14

Boaz replied to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. – Ruth 2:11

And she picked it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took some out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied. – Ruth 2:18

Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” – Ruth 2:19

So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz in order to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law. – Ruth 2:23

Then her mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may go well for you? – Ruth 3:1

So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her. – Ruth 3:6

When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” And she told her all that the man had done for her. – Ruth 3:16

She also said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’” – Ruth 3:17

Bible Verses About Mother in 1 Samuel

And his mother would make for him a little robe and bring it up to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. – 1 Samuel 2:19

But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal. – 1 Samuel 15:33

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? – 1 Samuel 20:30

And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and 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.” – 1 Samuel 22:3

Bible Verses About Mother in 2 Samuel

Absalom put Amasa in command of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had relations with Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. – 2 Samuel 17:25

Please let your servant return, so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.” – 2 Samuel 19:37

I am one of those who are ready for peace and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?” – 2 Samuel 20:19

Bible Verses About Mother in 1 Kings

Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it? – 1 Kings 1:11

Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, “Do you come peacefully?” And he said, “Peacefully.” – 1 Kings 2:13

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So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king stood to meet her, bowed to her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set up for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right. – 1 Kings 2:19

Then she said, “I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” – 1 Kings 2:20

But King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Request for him the kingdom as well—since he is my older brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!” – 1 Kings 2:22

Then the king replied, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.” – 1 Kings 3:27

Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. – 1 Kings 11:26

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. – 1 Kings 14:21

And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And his son Abijam became king in his place. – 1 Kings 14:31

He reigned for three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. – 1 Kings 15:2

He reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. – 1 Kings 15:10

And even his mother Maacah, he also removed her from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her abominable image and burned it at the brook Kidron. – 1 Kings 15:13

Elijah then took the boy and brought him down from the upstairs room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.” – 1 Kings 17:23

Then he left the oxen behind and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?” – 1 Kings 19:20

Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. – 1 Kings 22:42

He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who misled Israel into sin. – 1 Kings 22:52

Bible Verses About Mother in 2 Kings

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and his mother; for he removed the memorial stone of Baal which his father had made. – 2 Kings 3:2

Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What business do you have with me? Go to your father’s prophets and your mother’s prophets.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the Lord has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab.” – 2 Kings 3:13

And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” And his father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” – 2 Kings 4:19

When he had carried him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then he died. – 2 Kings 4:20

The mother of the boy said, “As surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her. –
2 Kings 4:30

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. – 2 Kings 8:26

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is your intention peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What ‘peace,’ so long as your mother Jezebel’s acts of prostitution and witchcraft are so many?” – 2 Kings 9:22

Jehu encountered the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, “Who are you?” And they answered, “We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.” – 2 Kings 10:13

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and eliminated all the royal children. – 2 Kings 11:1

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. – 2 Kings 12:1

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. – 2 Kings 14:2

He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. – 2 Kings 15:2

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. – 2 Kings 15:33

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. – 2 Kings 18:2

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. – 2 Kings 21:1

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. – 2 Kings 21:19

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. – 2 Kings 22:1

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. – 2 Kings 23:31

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. – 2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. – 2 Kings 24:8

Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials. And the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign. – 2 Kings 24:12

So he led Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother, the king’s wives, and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. – 2 Kings 24:15

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. – 2 Kings 24:18

Bible Verses About Mother in 1 Chronicles

Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. – 1 Chronicles 2:26

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.” – 1 Chronicles 4:9

Bible Verses About Mother in 2 Chronicles

So King Rehoboam became powerful in Jerusalem and reigned there. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. – 2 Chronicles 12:13

He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. – 2 Chronicles 13:2

He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her abominable image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. – 2 Chronicles 15:16

Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. – 2 Chronicles 20:31

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. – 2 Chronicles 22:2

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to act wickedly. – 2 Chronicles 22:3

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and eliminated all the royal children of the house of Judah. – 2 Chronicles 22:10

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba. – 2 Chronicles 24:1

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. – 2 Chronicles 25:1

Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. – 2 Chronicles 26:3

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. – 2 Chronicles 27:1

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. – 2 Chronicles 29:1

Bible Verses About Mother in Esther

There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones. – Esther 1:6

He was the guardian to Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young woman was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. – Esther 2:7

Bible Verses About Mother in Job

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” -Job 1:21

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes. – Job 3:10

If I call to the grave, ‘You are my father’; To the maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’; – Job 17:14

A mother will forget him; The maggot feeds sweetly until he is no longer remembered. And injustice will be broken like a tree. – Job 24:20

Bible Verses About Mother in Psalms

Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. – Psalm 22:9

I was cast upon You from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb. – Psalm 22:10

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up. – Psalm 27:10

I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother. – Psalm 35:14

You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. – Psalm 50:20

Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me. – Psalm 51:5

I have become estranged from my brothers, And a stranger to my mother’s sons. – Psalm 69:8

I have leaned on you since my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb; My praise is continually of You. – Psalm 71:6

May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out. – Psalm 109:14

He has the infertile woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! – Psalm 113:9

I have certainly soothed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child resting against his mother, My soul within me is like a weaned child. – Psalm 131:2

For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. – Psalm 139:13

Bible Verses About Mother in Proverbs

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, And do not ignore your mother’s teaching; – Proverbs 1:8

When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, – Proverbs 4:3

My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother; – Proverbs 6:20

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. – Proverbs 10:1

A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother. – Proverbs 15:20

He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son. – Proverbs 19:26

He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness. – Proverbs 20:20

Listen to your father, who fathered you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. – Proverbs 23:22

Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you. – Proverbs 23:25

He who robs his father or his mother And says, “There is no wrong done,” Is the companion of a person who destroys. – Proverbs 28:24

The rod and a rebuke give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. – Proverbs 29:15

There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother. – Proverbs 30:11

The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it. – Proverbs 30:17

The words of King Lemuel, the pronouncement which his mother taught him: – Proverbs 31:1

Bible Verses About Mother in Ecclesiastes

As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. – Ecclesiastes 5:15

Bible Verses About Mother in Song of Solomon

Do not stare at me because I am dark, For the sun has tanned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. – Song of Solomon 1:6

Hardly had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother’s house, And into the room of her who conceived me.” – Song of Solomon 3:4

Go out, you daughters of Zion, And look at King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of the joy of his heart.” – Song of Solomon 3:11

But my dove, my perfect one, is unique: She is her mother’s only daughter; She is the pure child of the one who gave birth to her. The young women saw her and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying, – Song of Solomon 6:9

“Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either. – Song of Solomon 8:1

I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates. – Song of Solomon 8:2

The Chorus
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?”
The Bride
“Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother went into labor with you, There she was in labor and gave birth to you. – Song of Solomon 8:5

Bible Verses About Mother in Isaiah

for before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.” – Isaiah 8:4

Listen to Me, you islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me. – Isaiah 49:1

This is what the Lord says: “Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your wrongdoings, And for your wrongful acts your mother was sent away. – Isaiah 50:1

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.” – Isaiah 66:13

Bible Verses About Mother in Jeremiah

Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.” – Jeremiah 13:18

Their widows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A destroyer at noon; I will suddenly bring down on her Shock and horror. – Jeremiah 15:8

Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have people lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me. – Jeremiah 15:10

For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and their fathers who father them in this land: – Jeremiah 16:3

People will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother. – Jeremiah 16:7

Cursed be the day when I was born; May the day when my mother gave birth to me not be blessed! – Jeremiah 20:14

Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb forever pregnant. – Jeremiah 20:17

I will hurl you and your mother who gave birth to you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. – Jeremiah 22:26

(This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the high officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalworkers had departed from Jerusalem.) – Jeremiah 29:2

Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A wilderness, a dry land and a desert. – Jeremiah 50:12

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. – Jeremiah 52:1

Bible Verses About Mother in Lamentations

They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded person In the streets of the city, As their lives are poured out In their mothers’ arms. – Lamentations 2:12

We have become orphans, without a father; Our mothers are like widows. – Lamentations 5:3

Bible Verses About Mother in Ezekiel

and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. – Ezekiel 16:3

“Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you, saying, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’ – Ezekiel 16:44

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. – Ezekiel 16:45

and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs. – Ezekiel 19:2

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and thick with branches Because of abundant waters. – Ezekiel 19:10

They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you. – Ezekiel 22:7

“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; – Ezekiel 23:2

They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. – Ezekiel 44:25

Bible Verses About Mother in Hosea

“Dispute with your mother, dispute, Because she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; But she must remove her infidelity from her face And her adultery from between her breasts, – Hosea 2:2

For their mother has committed prostitution; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’ – Hosea 2:5

So you will stumble by day, And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; And I will destroy your mother. – Hosea 4:5

An uproar will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, When mothers were slaughtered with their children. – Hosea 10:14

Bible Verses About Mother in Micah

For son disavows father, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A person’s enemies are the people of his own household. – Micah 7:6

Bible Verses About Mother in Zechariah

And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the Lord’; and his father and mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies. – Zechariah 13:3

Bible Verses About Mother in Matthew

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. – Matthew 1:18

And after they came into the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary; and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. – Matthew 2:11

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” – Matthew 2:13

So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. – Matthew 2:14

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” – Matthew 2:20

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. – Matthew 2:21

When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. – Matthew 8:14

For I came to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; – Matthew 10:35

“The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. – Matthew 10:37

While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. – Matthew 12:46

Someone said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to You.” – Matthew 12:47

But Jesus replied to the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” – Matthew 12:48

And extending His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold: My mother and My brothers! – Matthew 12:49

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother.” – Matthew 12:50

Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? – Matthew 13:55

And after being prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” – Matthew 14:8

And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. – Matthew 14:11

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’ – Matthew 15:4

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,” – Matthew 15:5

he is not to honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. – Matthew 15:6

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? – Matthew 19:5

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this, let him accept it.” – Matthew 19:12

Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 19:19

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms on account of My name, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. – Matthew 19:29

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him. – Matthew 20:20

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. – Matthew 27:56

Bible Verses About Mother in Mark

Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and they immediately spoke to Jesus about her. – Mark 1:30

Then His mother and His brothers came, and while standing outside they sent word to Him, calling for Him. – Mark 3:31

And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” – Mark 3:32

Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” – Mark 3:33

And looking around at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! – Mark 3:34

For whoever does the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.” – Mark 3:35

And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all outside, He took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and entered the room where the child was in bed. – Mark 5:40

And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” – Mark 6:24

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. – Mark 6:28

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is certainly to be put to death’; – Mark 7:10

but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is, given to God),’ – Mark 7:11

you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; – Mark 7:12

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, – Mark 10:7

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” – Mark 10:19

Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, – Mark 10:29

but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. – Mark 10:30

Now there were also some women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome. – Mark 15:40

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was laid. – Mark 15:47

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. – Mark 16:1

Bible Verses About Mother in Luke

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother’s womb. – Luke 1:15

And how has it happened to me that the mother of my Lord would come to me? – Luke 1:43

And yet his mother responded and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.” – Luke 1:60

And His father and mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him. – Luke 2:33

And Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and as a sign to be opposed— Luke 2:34

When Joseph and Mary saw Him, they were bewildered; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You!” – Luke 2:48

And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued to be subject to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. – Luke 2:51

Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her. – Luke 4:38

Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. – Luke 7:12

And the dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother. – Luke 7:15

Now His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd. – Luke 8:19

And it was reported to Him, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.” – Luke 8:20

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” – Luke 8:21

When He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him except Peter, John, and James, and the girl’s father and mother. – Luke 8:51

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” – Luke 12:53

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. – Luke 14:26

You know the commandments, ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and mother.’” – Luke 18:20

Now these women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. – Luke 24:10

Bible Verses About Mother in John

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; – John 2:1

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” – John 2:3

His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He tells you, do it.” – John 2:5

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother, and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days. – John 2:12

Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” – John 3:4

And they were saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’ ?” – John 6:42

Now beside the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. – John 19:25

So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” – John 19:26

Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household. – John 19:27

Bible Verses About Mother in Acts

All these were continually devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. – Acts 1:14

And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. – Acts 12:12

In Lystra a man was sitting whose feet were incapacitated. He had been disabled from his mother’s womb, and had never walked. – Acts 14:8

Bible Verses About Mother in Romans

Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine. – Romans 16:13

Bible Verses About Mother in Galatians

But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased – Galatians 1:15

But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother. – Galatians 4:26

Bible Verses About Mother in Ephesians

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. – Ephesians 5:31

Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), – Ephesians 6:2

Bible Verses About Mother in 1 Thessalonians

But we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children, – 1 Thessalonians 2:7

Bible Verses About Mother in 1 Timothy

realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, – 1 Timothy 1:9

to the older women as mothers, and to the younger women as sisters, in all purity. – 1 Timothy 5:2

Bible Verses About Mother in 2 Timothy

For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. – 2 Timothy 1:5

Bible Verses About Mother in Hebrews

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually. – Hebrews 7:3

Bible Verses About Mother in Revelation

and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” – Revelation 17:5