The Bible is a treasure trove of wisdom and profound appreciation for mothers, offering numerous insights and teachings on their sacred role. This article delves into various aspects of biblical quotes about mothers, encapsulating divine guidance, maternal virtues, and nurturing roles. From honoring the selfless love mothers give to understanding their pivotal role in shaping lives, these biblical quotes resonate beyond centuries, offering spiritual direction and heartfelt admiration. The ensuing passages, categorized under respective subtitles, help in reflecting upon the deep-seated reverence held for mothers across biblical texts.
Quotes on Honor and Respect
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." - Exodus 20:12
"Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." - Proverbs 23:22
"Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her." - Proverbs 31:28
"My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching." - Proverbs 6:20
"Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away." - Proverbs 27:10
"Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice." - Proverbs 23:25
"Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching." - Proverbs 1:8
"The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures." - Proverbs 30:17
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." - Psalm 127:3
"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." - 1 Timothy 5:8
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem." - Isaiah 66:13
"You shall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God." - Leviticus 19:3
Quotes on Maternal Wisdom
"The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down." - Proverbs 14:1
"She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue." - Proverbs 31:26
"A mother’s teaching is kindness, always providing the voice of reason." - Proverbs 31:26
"Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days." - Job 12:12
"She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her." - Proverbs 3:15
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come." - Proverbs 31:25
"Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power." - Proverbs 8:14
"My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding." - Psalm 49:3
"For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." - Proverbs 2:6
"A mother’s wisdom is a lamp that guides." - Proverbs 6:23
"For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul." - Proverbs 2:10
"Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace." - Proverbs 3:17
Quotes on Sacrificial Love
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." - John 15:13
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." - 1 Corinthians 13:4
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son." - John 3:16
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children." - Ephesians 5:1
"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8
"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor." - Romans 12:10
"Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." - Ephesians 4:32
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:7
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." - John 15:12
Quotes on Maternal Influence
"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6
"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." - Proverbs 22:6
"The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence." - Proverbs 10:11
"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise." - Proverbs 11:30
"The faithful have vanished from among the children of man." - Psalm 12:1
"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid." - Proverbs 12:1
"Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." - Romans 12:1
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice!" - Philippians 4:4
"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." - Colossians 4:6
"Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die." - Proverbs 19:16
"Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time." - Colossians 4:5
Quotes on Mothers as Nurturers
"As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem." - Isaiah 66:13
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?" - Isaiah 49:15
"But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content." - Psalm 131:2
"For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." - 1 Corinthians 6:20
"I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also." - 2 Timothy 1:5
"He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children." - Psalm 113:9
"The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." - Psalm 41:3
"A woman's gentleness is her strength." - Proverbs 31:28
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." - Proverbs 16:32
"Those who reap in joy will harvest with songs of gladness." - Psalm 126:5
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." - Isaiah 40:29
Quotes Celebrating Mothers
"Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her." - Proverbs 31:28
"Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." - Proverbs 31:30
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him." - 1 Samuel 1:27
"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him." - Psalm 127:3
"Mothers, they are the rocks upon which great civilisations are built." - Psalm 31:27
"A woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised." - Proverbs 31:30
"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you." - Numbers 6:24-25
"May your father and mother rejoice, may she who gave you birth be joyful!" - Proverbs 23:25
"I thank my God every time I remember you." - Philippians 1:3
"She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household." - Proverbs 31:15
"When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness." - Proverbs 31:26
"Her lamp does not go out at night." - Proverbs 31:18
Quotes on Divine Gifts of Mothers
"A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones." - Proverbs 12:4
"House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord." - Proverbs 19:14
"He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord." - Proverbs 18:22
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." - Ephesians 6:1
"Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table." - Psalm 128:3
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." - Psalm 127:3
"May God give you children through this young woman." - Ruth 4:12
"Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways." - Psalm 128:1
"Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many." - Proverbs 4:10
"A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches." - Proverbs 11:16
"For she is more valuable than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her." - Proverbs 3:15
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." - Galatians 5:22-23
Quotes on Strength and Dignity
"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." - Proverbs 31:26
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come." - Proverbs 31:25
"Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." - Proverbs 3:17
"She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness." - Proverbs 31:27
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." - Psalm 147:3
"Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance," - Proverbs 1:5
"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong." - 1 Corinthians 16:13
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil." - Ephesians 6:11
"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." - Colossians 4:6
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might." - Ephesians 6:10
"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline." - 2 Timothy 1:7
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." - Joshua 1:9
Quotes celebrating God's Design for Motherhood
"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth." - Genesis 9:7
"And Sarah said, 'God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.'" - Genesis 21:6
"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." - Psalm 127:3
"Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear." - Matthew 13:16
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights." - James 1:17
"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." - Matthew 6:10
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." - Matthew 5:8
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him." - 1 Samuel 1:27
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." - Genesis 2:24
"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body." - Colossians 3:15
"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good." - Genesis 1:31
Quotes on Mothers as Pillars of Faith
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." - 3 John 1:4
"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." - Proverbs 13:20
"In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:6
"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders." - Isaiah 9:6
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." - Philippians 4:6
"Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." - James 1:4
"For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28
"Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name." - Psalm 86:11
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding." - Proverbs 3:5
"For with God nothing will be impossible." - Luke 1:37
Final words
In drawing reflections from these biblical passages, the profound role of mothers as depicted in the scriptures becomes overwhelmingly evident. They encapsulate wisdom, guide with grace, love sacrificially, and influence the hearts and minds of future generations. Their tender care and faithfulness serve as the spiritual and moral foundation upon which strong communities are built. As pillars of the family institution, mothers provide not just nurturing and care, but they instill faith, discipline, and love into the hearts of their children. This divine wisdom emphasizes that acknowledging and respecting mothers is simultaneously an act of honoring God's profound design. Through biblical scripture, it becomes clear that a mother's love is a vital force, resilient and eternal, facilitating both spiritual reflection and human connection.
