184 Bible Verses about Mothers
Want to know what the Bible says about Mothers? Here are 184 Bible verses about Mothers from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Genesis 21:1-3 NIV
21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
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1 Timothy 5:2 NIV
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
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Luke 1:43 NIV
But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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Proverbs 30:17 NIV
“The eye that mocks a father,
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.
that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.
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Proverbs 6:20-21 NIV
20 My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
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Ezekiel 16:44 NIV
“‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
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Luke 18:20 NIV
You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’ ”
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1 Timothy 5:1-2 NIV
5 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
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Proverbs 19:26-27 NIV
26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother
is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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