20 Bible Verses for Mother’s Day
Hello friends!
April just flew by, and as we start May, we have the opportunity to celebrate all of the moms in our lives. And what better way to celebrate than to write Bible verses for Mother’s Day on the cards you’re making for those special women in your life?
I know that Mother’s Day can be a difficult holiday for some – whether you’re dealing with loss, strained relationships, pain from the past, or other hurts, it may seem like there’s little to celebrate. But friend, there is so much love in this world; I pray that you find comfort in celebrating the miracle of life with the sisters and friends you have in your life. And may these Bible verses for Mother’s Day provide you with joy knowing that God has a good and special plan for all of us; that He knows our hurts and struggles and burdens; and that He will wipe away every tear and heal every broken heart (Revelation 21:4).
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Bible Verses for Mother’s Day
So let’s celebrate the special mothers in our lives with these 20 Bible verses for Mother’s Day!
Proverbs 1:8-9
8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Proverbs 31:25-28
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
Proverbs 22:6
6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:25
25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 31:28-31
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 29 “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
Psalm 113:9
9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
Leviticus 19:3
3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Psalm 139:13-14
13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Exodus 20:12
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Isaiah 49:15
15“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 66:13
13 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
1 Peter 4:8
8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
3 John 1:4
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:13
13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Kings 4:30
30 Then the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.
John 16:21
21 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.
1 Samuel 1:27
27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
Lord God, thank you so much for your word and the truths we find there.
We are so very thankful for the gift of new life, and we are so grateful for the mothers who have stood by us, raised us, taken care of us, nurtured us, and guided us into the people we are today. I pray for those who are hurting this holiday, and I pray that you’ll bless all of the amazing mothers in each of our lives. Thank you for this life. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Happy Mother’s Day friends. I hope you enjoyed these 20 Bible Verses for Mother’s Day and found some inspiration, hope, and joy in these words.
Blessings Friend.
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