Bible Verses About Motherhood

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

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.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.