Mother’s Day is coming up very soon and this collection has been a long time coming! I figure that now that I am a mom of two (what?!) I will share some verses for Mother’s Day. These verses are great if you want to add a special verse to someone’s card, or send a verse of encouragement at any time of the year really!
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
“Manny women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.” (Proverbs 31:28-29, ESV)
Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children… (Deuteronomy 4:9, ESV)
A gracious woman gets honor… (Proverbs 11:16, ESV)
What was your mother? A lioness!
Among lions she crouched;
in the midst of young lions
she reared her cubs.
3 And she brought up one of her cubs;
he became a young lion,
and he learned to catch prey;
he devoured men. (Ezekiel 19:2-3, ESV)
An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels. (Proverbs 31:10, ESV)
When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. (John 16:21, ESV)
As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 66:13 ESV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9, ESV)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7, ESV)
…for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (2 Timothy 1:7, ESV)
Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6, ESV)
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:34, ESV)
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Psalm 113:9 ESV)
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers. (Proverbs 17:6, ESV)
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” (Ephesians 6:1-3, ESV)
Hear, my son, your father's instruction,
and forsake not your mother's teaching,
for they are a graceful garland for your head
and pendants for your neck. (Proverbs 1:8-9, ESV)
Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice. (Proverbs 23:22-25, ESV)
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you. (Isaiah 49:15, ESV)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. (1 John 4:18, ESV)
Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard
planted by the water,
fruitful and full of branches
by reason of abundant water.
Its strong stems became
rulers' scepters;
it towered aloft
among the thick boughs;
it was seen in its height
with the mass of its branches (Ezekiel 19:10-11, ESV)
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. (1 Thessalonians 2:7, ESV)
I would lead you and bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me… (Song of Solomon 8:2a, ESV)
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7, ESV)
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. (2 Timothy 1:5, ESV)
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. (Proverbs 31:26, ESV)
What Bible texts will you be thinking of this Mother’s Day? Let me know below!
