Explore our favourite Christian scriptures and Bible verses for Mother’s Day to encourage and bless someone special in your life.
To all the mums, grandmas, stepmums, bonus mums, dads and mother figures, Happy Mother’s Day! This is a day to celebrate you and everything that you do. What better way to do that than by reflecting on the incredible examples of motherhood we find in the Bible? Whether you’re a mum yourself or you’d like to celebrate someone special in your life, join us as we explore biblical verses for Mother’s Day.
20 Mother’s Day Bible scriptures
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.
Isaiah 66:13
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Proverbs 31:25
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
John 16:21
May the LORD cause you to flourish, both you and your children.
Psalm 115:14
She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.
Proverbs 31:15
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Luke 1:38
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13–14
So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the LORD for him”.
1 Samuel 1:20
Honour your father and mother, and love your neighbour as yourself.
Matthew 19:19
Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
Ezekiel 16:44
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
Proverbs 23:25
Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.
Psalm 27:10
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
Proverbs 31:26
Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4
We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head.
Proverbs 1:8–9
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11–13
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
Psalm 127:3
We hope these Mother’s Day bible scriptures have inspired you today. At CAP, prayer is the foundation of everything we do. It’s part of our culture. Every morning, our staff join together to pray for those we serve and issues relating to UK poverty. We’d love for you to join us in prayer.
