Bible Verses for Mothers: 21 Verses for Mother’s Day and Moms

Mothers carry, comfort, and care—often unseen. The Bible honors mothers and even describes God using maternal imagery. Here you’ll find 21 Bible verses for mothers: for Mother’s Day, as a way to express gratitude, and for encouragement in everyday life.

God Like a Mother

The Bible also uses maternal imagery to describe God’s love.

I will comfort you like a mother comforts her child.

Isaiah 66:13aPregnancy Cards
Can a mother forget the child she bore, or even forget the son of her womb? Though she may forget, I will never forget you.

Isaiah 49:15Birth Loneliness
Yes, I have set my heart and stilled it; my soul is within me like a weaned child with its mother.

Psalm 131:2Rest Soul
I took Ephraim in my arms and led him; but they did not notice how I helped them. I put a light yoke on them and led them along with cords of kindness, and I helped them carry their yoke and gave them food.

Hosea 11:3-4
How often I wanted to gather your children, like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.

Matthew 23:37b
As an eagle spreads its wings and soars above its young, so he spread out his wings and took them and carried them on his wings.

Deuteronomy 32:11

Honoring Mothers

Verses for Mother’s Day and as a way to express gratitude.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you.

Exodus 20:12Family
Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she laughs at the days to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and pleasant words of instruction are on her tongue.

Proverbs 31:25-26
Her sons rise and call her blessed; her husband praises her: “Many women have done well, but you surpass them all.”

Proverbs 31:28-29
Charm and beauty are not to be praised, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Proverbs 31:30Women Beauty
My child, obey your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s commands.

Proverbs 1:8
Let your father and mother rejoice and be glad because you are their child.

Proverbs 23:25
Then Jesus looked at his mother and saw the disciple standing there whom he loved. He said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his home.

John 19:26-27Mary Crucifixion
And I am confident about your unfailing faith, which was first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am even more convinced that it is in you also.

2 Timothy 1:5Grandparents Godparents

Mothers in the Bible

Biblical mothers and their stories.

I prayed for this boy. Now the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I will give him back to the LORD all the days of his life, because he was asked of the LORD. And they worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 1:27-28
And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth has opened wide against my enemies, for I rejoice in your salvation.”

1 Samuel 2:1
And Mary said, “My soul exalts the LORD, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.”

Luke 1:46-48Mary
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 2:19Mary Christmas
And Sarah said, “God has given me laughter, for everyone who hears will laugh at me.”

Genesis 21:6
He will comfort you and provide for you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loved you, bore him, and she is better to you than seven sons.

Ruth 4:15
Then the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Take the child and nurse him for me, and I will reward you.” The woman took the child and nursed him.

Exodus 2:9

Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.

God and Mothers

In several places, the Bible speaks of God like a mother. “Can a mother forget the child she bore, or even forget the son of her womb? Though she may forget, I will never forget you” (Isaiah 49:15). Jesus compares himself to a hen that gathers her chicks under her wings (Matthew 23:37). Maternal love is therefore not only a human feeling, but also a reflection of how God loves.

Bible Verses for Mother’s Day

Verses that express gratitude and offer blessings are perfect for a Mother’s Day card. Proverbs 31 describes a capable woman, saying, “Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she laughs at the days to come” (Proverbs 31:25)—a beautiful image for many mothers. Paul reminds Timothy of the faith of his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice (2 Timothy 1:5), who passed their faith on to him. You can find verses for expectant mothers under Bible Verses for Pregnancy, verses about Mary under Bible Verses About Mary, and verses for grandmothers under Bible Verses for Grandparents.