19 Beautiful Bible Verses About Motherhood
Mothers are invaluable to God's Kingdom and the Bible has a surprising amount of wisdom to share and encouragement for moms. Read on for Bible verses about motherhood. These encouraging verses could be used for Mother's Day cards, birthday cards, or gifts for your mother.
Beautiful Bible Verses About MotherhoodThe Character of a Godly Woman
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come."Proverbs 31:25
"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue."Proverbs 31:26
"She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness."Proverbs 31:27
"Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”Proverbs 31:28-29
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."Proverbs 31:30
Read more: Are You A Proverbs 31 Woman or a Proverbs 21 Woman?
Bible Verses About MotherhoodChildren are a blessing!
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward."Psalm 127:3
"Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers."Proverbs 17:6
"He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!"Psalm 113:9
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."Psalm 127:3-5
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Bible Verses About MotherhoodPractical advice for moms from the Bible
"Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins."1 Peter 4:8
"...and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled."Titus 2:4-5
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"But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious."1 Peter 3:4
"Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world..."Philippians 2:14-15
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”Galatians 5:22
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Bible Verses About MotherhoodMotherhood used as an illustration of God's care for His children
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."Isaiah 66:13
"For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother's womb."Psalm 139:13
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Bible Verses About MotherhoodIt's important to God that parents should be honored by their children.
"Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, an
d you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God."Leviticus 19:3
"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
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