Bible verses for every occasion
Bible Verses for a Mother
For Mother's Day, a birthday, or any day worth honoring her, these verses celebrate a mother's love, bless her weary and faithful work, and thank God for her.
“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”
Proverbs 31:28, King James Version
A mother's love deserves to be named and blessed.
“Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.”
Proverbs 31:25, King James Version
The quiet strength that holds a family together.
“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.”
Isaiah 66:13, King James Version
God likens His own comfort to a mother's.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6, King James Version
The long, faithful work of a mother's shaping.
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”
Proverbs 31:30, King James Version
Her truest beauty is her heart toward God.
“The unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice.”
2 Timothy 1:5, King James Version
Faith is often handed down through faithful mothers.
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Psalm 127:3, King James Version
Every child a mother raises is a gift from God.
The One these verses point to: Jesus
A mother's love, at its best, is one of the clearest windows we have into the heart of God, patient, sacrificial, slow to give up. Yet even the best mother is a signpost pointing to a greater love that never fails and never fades. The God who compares His comfort to a mother's wants to be known by her and by every child she prays for. On the day you honor her, you can also thank the One whose love made her love possible.
You do not have to hold this moment alone. You can ask real people to pray with you, find a church near you, or, if you would like a gentle place to begin, start with Jesus here.